There just are no words to describe a catastrophe such as this. And it is so crazy how powerful nature is. The Cumberland river rose an almost unthinkable amount. I have never seen water rise as much or as rapidly as the river did. Although we personally weren't affected by the floodwaters, it is really humbling to see the devastation it caused. It is such a reminder that our life here is so brief and that our 'stuff', our material possessions we are so proud of can be taken from us in the blink of an eye. Now this is in no way to make others' loss in the flood seem trivial, but man, it's just stuff. We work so hard to accumulate all kinds of things that we think once we obtain we will finally be satisfied, but they can be taken away just like that. Truthfully though it's hard to imagine being at a place in your spiritual walk where you could lose all your material possessions and be completely ok with it because you know your inheritance lies in God's Kingdom (the story of Job ring a bell?) As easy as it is for me to say that we shouldn't be so concerned with our 'stuff', I can't honestly say that I think if I were to lose every single thing I have that my initial reaction would be to worship God joyfully. I'm not totally there yet but I pray God's love would continue changing me more and more to the likeness of His Son, that I would not be so obsessed and concerned with all my 'stuff' and that I would have a heart that desires to give, and to give wholeheartedly, sacrificially, and joyfully.
It's all just such a reminder that Christ calls us to give, not to hoard. After all, everything we have is given to us by God, and God calls us to give:
But who am I, and who are my people, That we should be able to offer so willingly as this? For all things come from You, And of Your own we have given You. -1 Chronicles 29:14
This massive flood also brings something else to mind, that our life here on earth is so short, and not only that, but it can literally end in the next 2 minutes. You or I could die before you finish reading this. Christ could return before you finish this sentence. LITERALLY. I think sometimes we get this idea that yea, Christ is coming back, but it won't be until well after we've at least had grandchildren. But He's coming. He's coming soon and there is so much work to do for His Kingdom! Let this be a reminder to us to quit hoarding, start giving, and start living wholeheartedly for Christ and His Kingdom, in complete abandonment for everything this world stands for.
Just a blog to follow along with our lives (as if anyone would really want to, maybe at least it will make us feel like peeps do)! We were married on October 24th, 2009 and have been loving life ever since. Our prayer for our marriage and our lives is that they will glorify our Lord, that our relationship and the relationships we have with others will bring praise to His name, and that everything in our lives would point to the beauty of the freedom and redemption we have in Jesus. We love to be outdoors and enjoy God's insanely beautiful creation. Yes, we like to climb on rocks. A little disc golf never hurt anybody either (except for when Carrie pegged one of our friends in the back of the head with a disc). We also really like to get down to some live music. We like to each cheeses, grow vegetables in pots, stare at each other for prolonged periods of time, ride bicycles, eat ice cream, pull hairs off of each other's backs, practice our tennis, ping pong, baseball, hula hooping, dart throwing, flying, waveboarding, juggling, and slalom skiing skills by playing the wii and then telling ourselves that we just exercised enough to not really go exercise.
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