I don’t know if you can remember this commercial, but the jingle went like this: plop, plop, fizz, fizz, oh what a relief it is. You would watch as the 2 tablets disappeared into the water. Then you would drink the water for an upset stomach. It not only claimed that it worked fast, but it did. Sometimes I wish that things would work as fast and as simple as the remedy. This past 3 weeks have been physically and mentally draining on me. I am speaking about my flooded house. It will be at least 3 more weeks before we actually know what to do. It seems like a weight on my shoulders that grows bigger every day. The community around us has been wonderful. They have responded to not only to my family’s needs but to the other people who have flooded homes. Some people still can’t get into their houses because of the water. Over 200,000 homes have been flooded in Louisiana in August alone. Not counting the businesses that were flooded. This flood has affected over ½ million people. It is like Hurricane Katrina all over again. I know that my faith in God has sustained me in this disaster. I don’t ask why me. I know that this is a trial that I must go through. It is a crucible of my faith. Will I stand or will I walk away from God? Trials or the testing of your faith are never easy. They are simple but never easy. As the bible says in 1Peter 1:7 “That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:” (KJV).
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