Big Storm

Wednesday night, super big storms came through our area in like an instant! I mean really fast! I noticed through our front window that it looked like it was about to storm, and by the time I walked to our back door (like all of 30 seconds), it was a massive difference! I opened the back door to huge winds ripping the screen door totally out of my hands! Jason and I were looking out the door and watching the updates on TV, when suddenly the sky looked really green, everything had calmed down a little bit, and then Wham! huge winds picked up everything in our backyard at once!

I, having lived through several tornadoes, told Jason to get Dalton in our closet, as I went to yank Carson right out of his peaceful sleep. Our closet is the center of our house. So, we make a pallet for the boys with pillows and blankets in the closet, and then let them have ice cream in there too! Yeah, I know they are going to want it to storm all the time! :)

After everything had blown by us, their power went out! Forever! I mean seriously-we had power through the whole storm, and then poof! So, after what seemed like forever to get the boys in bed, we attempted to go to bed ourselves. Somewhere between 1 and 2 am our power came back on, only to go off again somewhere between 5:30 and 6 am! So, I had to shower and get ready in the dark! Aaaaaggghhh! I had to go curly to VBS that day-good thing too-since the minute we pulled into the parking lot, the sky opened up a massive downpour! Which lasted a minimum of 6 hours!

We had a lot of damage at our house, but I know there were several who had it way worse than us. I am thankful for a husband who is extremely handy, and can save us tons of money by doing the labor himself. Although, sometimes I think he would like to be able to just sit back and watch someone else do the work! ;)

We now have instant access to our creek, and the eyesore apartments behind us!

We also have access to our neighbor's yard on the "Do Not Mow" side of our house! Fun times!

This picture does not show all the damage, but we have an entire section of shingles missing!

My Truths From God

*I am daughter of The King
*I am forgiven
*I am not alone Jeremiah 1:8, Isaiah 43:5
*I am not perfect
*I am a sinner
*Jesus died and suffered for ME! (and you)
*God loves me NO MATTER WHAT!
*God has a plan for me Jeremiah 29:11
*He will never leave or forsake me
*He can and will heal me Jeremiah 3:22
*I cannot do anything in my own strength, but through His strength, I can and will survive! Philippians 4:13
*I am always in His thoughts Isaiah 26:3
*I am not alone-others are going through trials and temptations I Peter 5:8-9
*The Lord wants me to bring my problems to Him (nothing is too big or too small) Isaiah 30:18
*He will replenish me with His mighty strength Isaiah 40:29-31
*I am beautiful Psalm 139
*God can and will take all of my worries from me-I just have to relinquish them!
*I am no longer in bondage!
*I have found freedom in Christ!
*Satan will be slayed like a dragon and perish FOREVER! (The end of The Bible)

I felt led to post this today before getting ready for work, I will have to add some later I am sure!

Challenge-Too all my blogger friends-Post your truths for others to read. And please add a comment to mine if you are doing it, so that others can share in your truths also. Come on girls! Don't be afraid to be the first! LOL

You never know, one of your truths may get someone through the day! Ya know-God's plans and all! We are all His instruments!

Also, I thought I would throw out there, that this Sunday Dec 7th Joel is speaking on Surviving Storms in Your Life. I know I need this right now, but if any of you may need this, I am sure it will be magnificent! The Exchange, Keller, Tx meets at 10:15 at Kay Granger Elementary.