Nashville Flood 2010

The Nashville Flood of 2010 got us. There are many people in Nashville that have lost everything! Their homes were completly covered by water. Please pray for them. Many were killed. Bodies are still being found.
Here are pictures from the beginning to the end. The beginning of cleaning up the damage. The water actually got deeper than these pics. The white flowers and the little angel heads you see in some of the pics were totally covered.
The water came up through the floors. I'm standing in my bedroom in the middle of the floor and all the sudden my feet got wet. Then I saw it seeping up all over.
We will need to move out for a few months to have the house dried, cleaned & sanitized, floors replaced, sheet rock replaced, painted, etc.

It's a lot of pictures so you may want to start at the end to see the actual flooding. Boring otherwise as these were made for the adjuster

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Our church family have been wonderful to bring us food and help. I just really want to thank the Lord for them. One precious lady took my laundry home to wash for us...and her dryer is broken! Is that a special person or what!

It's a blessed mess.

Give thanks in and for ALL things...even floods.

By the end of the rain you could barely see the tops of the shrubs.

Am I really thankful that our home and my gardens have been invaded by flooding waters?? No, but I want to thank Him because #1 He tells me to do so, #2 He is in control, #3 I can expect His help, trust Him.
So, the work begins tomorrow of cleaning out. Not fun, but it could be so much worse.
I heard someone was killed where they had to close down sections of Int 24. I don't know yet if it was due to drowning. Cars were floating and turned over on their sides.
The blog I posted this morning was a lot more pleasant than this one but life happens. Right? To God Be the Glory and looking for the sun to shine again.


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Tar Baby

Good Rainy Saturday,

It's a great day to play catch up inside. I'm assuming we all have rain like Nashville does right now and it is suppose to last all day throughout tomorrow. I slept late too! Loved it.

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.” (Galatians 5:22)

Today we are taking a look at Longsuffering...that just leaves a bad taste in your mouth, doesn't it? I mean, who wants to suffer and especially looongsuffering?

It must be a trait that once again can only come from God In You. I can tell you right now that my flesh sure does struggle with this one. I can think of only one reason He would supply this for us. He has PROMISED that his children WILL suffer. He suffered to learn obedience so we can know that if our Master had to endure suffering, we will also. In all His preciousness, He has supplied Longsuffering so that we also can endure when the storms of life come to us. Endure in His strength...and we will also, He says, have joy. His strength is our Joy. Now that helps in a huge way to know that we will get through whatever it is that we are having to endure. I want to stop and thank Him right now for giving us this wonderful gift/fruit. How would we make it in the land of the living without His vast supply of HELP.
One of the main definitions of the word longsuffering is that it is referring to patience. And patience is another sorely needed quality in the fast paced world in which we live in today.

Here are the different definitions for the word longsuffering:

* Forbearance, patience

* Patient endurance and steadfastness under provocation

* Forbearance under ill-will, with no thought of retaliation

* Patience, endurance, steadfastness and forbearance

* Forbearance under suffering and endurance in the face of adversity

* Ability to endure persecution and ill-treatment

When I read this list of definitions I can feel myself rebelling against going through any of these things. But it is a fact that it happens, therefore, our walk with the Lord, our Thanksgiving and praise, our dependence on Him, our security in His Love for us becomes so very precious. If we will listen to our spirits, we will know what areas we need to run to Jesus to give over to Him. He has died to set us free and walk in forgiveness. He LIVES so that it is Not I, but Him. To God be the Glory!

Blessings,
Mom/Meme/Linda