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I had just flipped on the Weather Channel to see how much longer we'd have rain (my son still doesn't like to drive in really bad weather -- who really does?). Radar showed that the storm was about to end and then: Ka-BOOM!!!! The house shook and everything got "tingly." The rain was already past! Crazy!
Yep -- the last couple minutes of the storm got us! Thankfully, the damage was minor: a hole in the roof (now tarped), electrical wiring and cable blown to smithereens (but no fire), electrical "stuff" zapped (none of the stuff I want to replace, but none of the big ticket items either -- a nuisance, but not a catastrophe) and our bathroom mirror "baked." (That's actually pretty cool -- apparently the electrical current magnetized the backing and made big brown flowers on the mirror).
It could have been worse. Much, much worse.
As I waited on contractors and insurance adjusters and the pleasant, on-time cable guy today, I had lots of quiet time to think!
It's the little things -- one thought of "I wish my husband was more like...", one look at a pornographic website, one pair of shoes you "just gotta have," or one text while driving -- one small choice that can lead to disaster. One step onto the slippery slope of temptation leads to sin. It doesn't take much to blow the life God's given us into a major disaster.
Thankfully, God's better than any insurance policy (or a really nice, on-time cable guy). God's still there if we mess up. He wants to redeem our lives, set us back on the path He had planned all along. Of course, it looks a little different -- we can't undo the past. My mirror looks a little different too. But, it doesn't mean we can't live in the freedom of God's love.
If you carry guilt about something you have done, please ask God's forgiveness for it -- no matter how great or small. He wants to redeem your life! Check out what His Word says in Ephesians 1:3-10 (MSG):
How blessed is God! And what a blessing he is! He's the Father of our Master, Jesus Christ, and takes us to the high places of blessing in him. Long before he laid down earth's foundations, he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love, to be made whole and holy by his love. Long, long ago he decided to adopt us into his family through Jesus Christ. (What pleasure he took in planning this!) He wanted us to enter into the celebration of his lavish gift-giving by the hand of his beloved Son.
Because of the sacrifice of the Messiah, his blood poured out on the altar of the Cross, we're a free people—free of penalties and punishments chalked up by all our misdeeds. And not just barely free, either. Abundantly free! He thought of everything, provided for everything we could possibly need, letting us in on the plans he took such delight in making. He set it all out before us in Christ, a long-range plan in which everything would be brought together and summed up in him, everything in deepest heaven, everything on planet earth.
13 comments:
I so spent time in confession today. I'm so glad that your house is okay!
I love you, Jen!!! (God loves you more. Glad you and He spent the day together :D)
I am so glad to hear that y'all are safe. Thank you for sharing your quiet time thoughts.
Love this, and love that you are all okay!! God is awesome!! I completely agree with you. Just wrote a post on it too:O)
Thank goodness you and your family are okay. I love your post. Too often we think we are "okay" or "safe" and we dip our toes into the sin pool. And the next thing you know we are neck deep, swimming in sin, and can't remember how we got here, or how to get out.
Another timely post from God speaking directly to me through you. I spent time in confession also. I'm thankful your family is ok. That must have been quite a jolt!
Thanks all.
We are really doing fine. I wouldn't have said that five years ago -- oh how I loved to over-dramatize things. It's nice to see that I've grown and matured a bit. :)
It's also kind of nice not to have television right now. Peaceful!
Thank God no one was hurt and the damage wasn't worse. Your inspiration is contagious and frankly I actually sort of like the flower burn on the mirror :)
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Sharon
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Amazing post and thank God your house is fine. It looks like minor damages and you can even joke about your buzzed mirror :) I'm happy you and your family are fine.
Blogfrog friend wooed to your blog ;)
Crazy! The odds of lightening striking...you've got a whole new perspective. Thank you so much for your insight! I'm glad you're all okay.
Awesome post with a powerful message! I am glad you and your family are safe. Take care and my best wishes to you.
Judy
Glad to hear you all are safe and that the damage was "minimal" (or at least nothing super expensive/treasured!). Our basement flooded last week and, although we had quite a few boxes on the floor, we really only lost a few textbooks, few Christmas books, and an old computer. All the really important stuff was spared. Thank goodness! Thanks for your post. I'm visiting and following from the VB hop. --Christine at Why We Love Green, http://whywelovegreen.blogspot.com
That must have been pretty scary! Glad to hear you are all okay and things weren't worse. We had flooding here from Lee and our pool overflowed right after I posted how we made it through okay--what timing! All is fine now and we are back to normal. Take care and hope you have a blessed week!
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