Bless The Lord All My Soul

Bless the Lord All My Soul

     I write today with a very full soul.  My heart is overwhelmed at the devastation that  Hurricane Sandy has left in her path. So many thousands of people have lost everything. So many are without just the basics of life.  Water, Food and Electric. It is just so heartbreaking.  However, in this time of adversity my soul is filled with the beautiful stories of love that are coming out of this horror. The family from NY city who has bilge pumps and is pumping basements out for free.  Breezy Point residents who are helping eachother and binding together.  All the churches who have sent supplies and volunteers to help their fellow citizens. A brewery plant in GA who shut down an alcohol producing line to can water to send to Sandy survivors. Down to the children who are sending their extra toys and allowance to help other kids affected by the storm.
   I know that some of the people in the areas hardesst hit by Sandy are angry and hurt.  Some are determined to rebuild and others are thankful to be alive. I do know that storms are a necessary thing in life.  They help us appreciate the calm.  I'm talking about getting back to the basics of life.  Remember how after 9-11 we all hugged our kids a little tighter?? Everyone had a flag on their car, their lapel, we all sang God Bless America? Even congress sang God Bless America together. There where no Democrats or Republicans at that time.  We where all Americans.  I feel so broken hearted for the people who have lost loved ones and all their homes and possesions.  I do feel however that the Lord does have a plan and will help them to rebuild their lives .  They will be better and more blessed in the end.  I know if we endure to the end the Lord will take care of us and watch over us.
     Sometimes, I think the Lord gives us storms in our life to see if we will still have the faith to cling to him.  Its easy to have faith when all is well in your life isnt it?  It is hard when all is lost.  I pray for the victims of the storm and pray they will still worship him.  I pray our country will continue to lift up our fellow citizens and love them through this horrible storm in their life.  I pray that we all take a moment to be there for each other whether we can see the storm our fellow man is  going through or not.  Some of our neighbors are going through their own personal storms in life.  We need to always worship him and be his disciple and always help his sheep. No matter the storms...