After the Storm

Forty-eight hours after Hurricane Beryl ripped through Houston, I was in my garden cleaning up from the devastation. A swallowtail was fluttering around drinking nectar from the flowers. Business as usual for this stunning pollinator. Life continues after the storm passes.

Thank God we are safe and suffered no real loss, or property damage. We lost power at around 5:45 AM on Monday morning. The only sound was the howling wind and heavy rain beating down on our house. My husband was on his way home from work. All I could do was pray. I held on to this verse, and put it in the notes on my phone the night before, glancing at it when fear started to creep in.

The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. Matthew 7:25, NIV

There are very few things in this life we can control, and a hurricane is not one of them. You can prepare to the best of your ability, have lots of water, canned food, and maybe even a generator. That won’t stop the impending storm and the havoc it will wreak.

The storm will pass and what you’re left with can potentially be horrendous. Loss of life, and property. For us, we lost power for thirty hours. No too bad considering many are still without power in Houston, as of this writing. The heat and humidity in the middle of the summer in Southeast Texas is brutal. No air conditioning can be quite miserable here. We would cool off in our car, thank God we could.

When we started looking around our neighborhood we saw many downed fences and lots of branches and debris. We counted our blessings and thanked God for protecting us. Three years ago, the ice storm was not so kind to us with broken pipes. But God saw us through that storm.

The question is not if a storm in life will happen, it’s when. Life’s storms can be unrelenting, whether they are physical, spiritual, emotional, relational, or financial. You think you are prepared, and yet, you were flattened by the difficulty and the loss. Reeling in pain and wondering how you can go on after the catastrophic storm.

It all depends on the foundation of your house. What’s your foundation? Is it sand? Is it the Rock, Jesus?

But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash. Matthew 7:26-27, NIV

I have withstood many storms, and the only reason I am still here is my foundation is on the Rock. Jesus has gotten me through every single storm and He will continue to do so. Do you need to rebuild? He is a redeemer. Do you need some repairs? He can restore. Do you need the right foundation? He is the Solid Rock, the Savior.

Storms are guaranteed in life. Don’t build on sand. Build on the Rock, Jesus Christ.

Love you all,

Meghan

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