After posting the "Ace" entry. I loaded some pictures from the past month. There's a picture of the flood waters on the road by our house over the running boards on my truck. In the 15 months leading up to that, God kept me and my family safe in New Orleans on the eve of Hurricane Katrina. He let us be a shelter and help for my brother and sister in law. He protected Amanda, Ace, and I during and after Rita. He led me to pass my PE exam. He blessed Amanda and I with the little peanut she's carrying. Immediately after that, He kept me through the biggest project I've ever done (which He helped come in under budget and 3 days early). God's been more than good to us. . .
When those flood waters began rising around our house, I panicked. I realized that there was nothing I could do. I was reminded of a verse and song from my youth that we sang when flooding hit Kinder in the late 1980's. Isaiah 43:2 says "When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee."
Even though it was the hardest thing to do, I began to praise my God early that morning. I told Him how much I loved Him; He gave me peace and strength. For the second time in a year I told Him that I didn't care about the things in this house. I told Him that they were His things anyway. I know God just blessed us and kept those waters down. I know it's not because I'm any better than my neighbors, He just blessed me. But more than the blessing of keeping our house dry, I can never thank Him enough for the peace he brought me in the Holy Ghost. It was truly a peace that passeth all understanding.
Sometimes we just need to remember what he's done for us. . .
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