A Little R & R

We left for our favorite little island last week hopeful for good weather. The weather in Atlanta was not looking good and the weather forecast for Tybee Island did not look that great either. We packed some good books, dinners, and games and resigned ourselves to just enjoying some time together even if the weather was uncooperative.

Hubby was planning on working on my RenaSoap website while we were there but as we could only get spotty internet service and only on the balcony, we decided it was a sign to just rest. I could say that you cannot deny God when you see the beautiful shells that litter the beach. You cannot deny God when you hear the squeals of my daughter at the tiniest of hermit crabs scooting across her hand. When the sun shines down on the beach and the dolphins play in the surf, I am definitely reminded of our divine creator. I think it's easy to see His glory in the glory of the world. It is harder to see it in the everyday.

As we headed to the beach, on brand new tires, we got to see God's providence in the "everyday". We blew out a front tire going 70 mph. At first we weren't convinced it was a tire because hubby said the the truck didn't pull at all. We pulled off at the conveniently located exit. I say conveniently located because this stretch of I-16 is notoriously void of exits. Sure enough the tire was completely flat. Hubby changed it to the spare which looked ridiculous on our SUV. Again, conveniently across the street was a Ford dealership. We ventured over thinking worst case, they could at least put the spare on the back. The owner was a wonderful, God fearing man and found us a used tire that would be better than the spare. He told us if we found a replacement tire in Savannah, we could bring the used one back and he would refund the cost of the tire. The Lord provides in miraculous ways sometimes.

The weather at the beach was beautiful. The weather channel had predicted rain and storms but we had sunny skies and warm breezes. As we watched the weather unfolding back home we began to wonder if we should rent a boat for our return. We didn't know what we would be returning to and we could not get in touch with our neighbors. As we made our way home, the sun sparkled through the clear blue skies. The rivers seemed a bit high but we couldn't find any damage. It wasn't until we got home and saw the small mud slide in our back yard and talked to our friends and neighbors that we realized what we had missed. Our area got 12 to 18 inches of rain in 24 hours. People's houses are ruined and some have lost everything. Insurance does not cover ground water unless you have flood insurance. I found this out when our basement flooded. Praise God, our basement was dry. In these bad economic times, I can only imagine what this will do to our area. I cannot imagine paying a mortgage on a house that's uninhabitable and so people will walk away pushing the foreclosure crisis further in Atlanta.

I know this post has little to do with soap, but I feel it's important to ask for prayer. Praise God for your dry house and sunny skies. Pray that God will provide miraculously for those that have lost everything.