LUBBOCK, Texas, July 24 (UPI) — Public officials in Lubbock, Texas, are organizing a day to pray for rain.
“Nobody is going to tell God what to do and what not to do, but we are in a serious drought in West Texas and since he is the man who controls the rain clouds, we’re asking him for his mercy and his help,” Mayor David Miller told the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.
The City Council and the Lubbock County commissioners are expected to adopt resolutions this week asking local residents to both pray and fast for rain this Sunday.
So far this year, Lubbock has received about half of its normal 10 inches. In the weeks since June 1, the growing season for cotton, rainfall has been a scant .75 inches, far less than the normal 4.43 inches.
Officials have tried prayers before and say they were answered. In January 2004, after a year of drought, the city and county set aside a Sunday to pray for rain and got the second-wettest year since records have been kept.
After being gone for so long, I had forgotten just how hot it is in Texas. I’m in the Dallas/Ft Worth area and I haven’t seen rain since we arrived (I heard that it rained on the 4th of July but I didn’t see it). Thankfully, my city isn’t under a water restriction but my parent’s is. I cannot imagine what it is like in west Texas.
I am going to join the city of Lubbock in prayer for their city. I hope you will too.