Dear Lord,
You "maketh the storm a calm," Psalm 107:29, and send your "lightning unto the ends of the earth," Job 37:3. And, in the proper context, we even welcome your electrical fireworks: "For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be." Matthew 24:27. That happy day!
Yet, you are also the God who tells us to ask you for help, "For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened." Luke 11:10.
Therefore, heartily do I beseech of thee, oh Lord: preserve our nostrils left and right from the fearsome onslaught of ball lightning!
We do not presume to be able to prevent nasal electrocution according to my own devices. For, "can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of His tabernacle?" Job 36:29.
Yet greatly do we fear for our noses, setting store to them in accord with thine holy word. For, even "he that hath a flat nose" may not approach the temple. Leviticus 21:19. A blast of ball lightning could very well completely level/flatten a nose!
And many of the rewards you promise cannot be attained without a nose. Hosea 14:7 promises that, "They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon." Without a nose, we couldn't tell! We couldn't tell!
Save us, oh Lord!
Yours in You,
BAB