Annie's Woodshed: Aftermath

A True Wife

"A true wife makes a man's life nobler, stronger, grander, by the omnipotence of her love 'turning all the forces of manhood upward and heavenward.' While she clings to him in holy confidence and loving dependence she brings out in him whatever is nobles and richest in his being. She inspires him with her courage and earnestness. She beautifies his life. She softens whatever is rude and harsh in his habits or his spirit. She clothes him with the gentler graces of refined and cultured manhood. While she yields to him and never disregards his lightest wish, she is really his queen, ruling his whole life and leading him onward and upward in every proper path. -JR Miller

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Aftermath

This has been a bitter sweet week for us. Tornadoes ripped through our home state and left destruction in its path with the death toll near 250 and even more unaccounted for, we are just praising the Lord that our family is alive. Some have suffered damage but nothing that is not repairable well maybe except for the car that is under the tree, but hey....

I have sworn off videos and news updates because I can not handle it anymore. We are nine hours and three states away and I think I am out of tears. It is all we can do to stay put and not jeopardize our jobs by packing up and heading back to work relief there until we are not needed anymore. But we know that is impossible. So we are sending what we can and voicing a lot of prayers for those that have suffered this past month from all the storms across America. I know our home state is not the only one. One state is facing flooding, other states have suffered storms also. It is just part of life and it is not something we can control.

So God bless you and yours this week. Hold each other close and remind each other just how much you do love another.

Annie

5 comments:

Dragon's RoseMay 1, 2011 at 10:11 PM
I am right there with you, just further away. Eclectic, Tuscaloosa, Birmingham and Cullman. Family and friends. Many of them are firefighters, EMTs and police officers. Praying with all my heart. It is all i can do.
God bless
Missie
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AnonymousMay 1, 2011 at 10:38 PM
Im so sorry. With this will come renewed life though, you'll see.
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PKMay 1, 2011 at 10:49 PM
I'm glad you posted this Annie. We see it but if we don't know someone directly and we don't see destruction around us we forget how much these people need out prayers as well as more tangible help.

Hugs,
PK
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RogueMay 1, 2011 at 11:13 PM
The devastation is unbelievable! We heard that we lost a friend. We know of another that lost her home. Yet, for all the tragedy, it warms my heart the way these communities have pulled together to help one another out. God bless the south!
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Annie's WoodshedMay 2, 2011 at 10:20 AM
Thank y'all for your prayers and kind words. Yes Gems, through all of this will come renewed life and lives will be refocused to the important things.

Rogue your right the devastation is unbelievable and it leaves me very humble and grateful for what I have even if it is hand-me downs and thrift store finds. (with 3 boys I refuse "new" stuff I want them and their friends to be comfortable - feet on the couch doesn't bother me)
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Colossians 3:18-25

Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them. Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged. Slaves, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ. For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality. Colossians 3:18-25 ESV

1Peter 3:1-7

Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, when they see your respectful and pure conduct. Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious. For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands, as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and do not fear anything that is frightening. Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered. 1Peter 3:1-7

Proverbs 31: 10-31

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