God Turns Disaster to Blessing - Posted 4/22/24
On March 22, 2022 Our day started off as any other day. We ate breakfast, talked with mom, got ready for the day. Little did we know the day would take a drastic turn for the worst and our lives would be changed forever. About 5:00pm my brother called me. He said, "Have you been watching the weather? There is a tornado heading right for you." My brother had called many times about the weather and it had never been as severe as he had warned. Nevertheless, I got up off my chair and looked outside. What I saw was bone chilling; the tornado was heading right for us. I ran inside to tell my wife. My mother was in hospice at the time and was in the living room. My wife and I ran to her side and the tornado hit. The windows blew out and mom's bed began to rise; then the floor. My wife and I looked at each other as to say, "This is it." But suddenly, it was gone. We are OK, but the house was destroyed.
We were in mom's house, which was 50 yards in front of our house. I ran to the back door only to see that our house had been destroyed. The only thing left was one bedroom. My four grandchildren were in that house. I ran to the disaster to check on my grandchildren. I called and called, but no answer. Finally, a voice from inside the destruction said, "Grandpa, we're all OK."
I was relieved but still had to get them safely out of the wreckage. I told them to stay put, the only thing left standing was the four walls they were in and I didn't know how stable they were.
As I tried to clear the wreckage, I heard sirens all around me and thought help was on the way, but I did not realize that we were not the only ones affected by the storm. I was on my own, or so I thought. One of my grandson's classmates had seen the catastrophe and called his school mates. Soon we had over 100 people there to help. All my grandchildren were safe and in our arms. I was grateful to God for sparing them and keeping them safe.
However, I could not imagine the blessing that would come out of this "disaster." Cleanup up help seemed to come from everywhere. Total strangers came to bring food and clothes and other needs. We lost everything. we lost all our cars, house, RV, offices; everything. But insurance paid for all the damage and we now live in a new house. God has given us a blessing out of this would be disaster.
God's love shows up in times that we least expect it. Since the storm, all the cars have been replaced and life has resumed. My family is all together and we have something to be grateful for every day.
God is good, all the time.
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