To begin I will tell you about my home foundation and the threat of concern I've encountered over the last few days due to the recent rains (flooding more like it). Our home is situated slightly lower than our neighbors; thus, extra water runs over for a visit. Our sidewalk in the front was full of water as was the ground in our front yard. Each step was a squish-squish. Remember how we loved to have mud mixed with water squish through our toes when we were young. That's it. Not so loving it now. With no place for the water to drain, it found its way through the cracks and into our home in our sunken den area.
Sidewalk area w/sandbags &
homemade tent to catch roof rain.
So after pulling up a portion of the carpet, we've spent a number of hours vacuuming water with the wet-dry vac and praying for sunshine. After several talks with a contractor and architect we're ready for a dry spell so we can make the necessary accomodations to our home to prevent future water issues. God blessed with two days of sunshine so far. The threat of rain tomorrow will be a test as we placed a compound against the leakage areas (recommended by architect).
Compound applied to areas
On Tuesday night after many of my rounds of vacuuming water up, I went to bed drained and emotionally overwhelmed. I could not cope any more. I met God somehow in all of this turmoil as I lay energy spent. He, through His infinite wisdom and omnipotent presence, brought me back to His foundation. I slept so well that I almost forgot our water issue.
I am so honored to have the christian values that God has allowed me to cherish through my salvation. He is The Promise of my life and most importantly...the Foundation of my life.
1 comment:
I cant imagine what you and your family must be going through. I live in Florida and made it through two hurricanes but nothing like that. I will pray for you and your family. God bless.
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