{"id":844,"date":"2017-08-31T10:21:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T15:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/is-there-rainbow-ye\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T10:10:44","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T16:10:44","slug":"is-there-rainbow-ye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=844","title":{"rendered":"Is There a Rainbow Yet?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We\u2019ve all been watching with concern as Hurricane Harvey and its flood waters ravage the countless communities and cities in Texas, and now Louisiana. I haven\u2019t been able to blog about \u201craindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, blue satin sashes, and warm woolen mittens\u201d when our precious brothers and sisters (we’re all God’s children) have been suffering so much. I pray that we all continue praying faithfully for those impacted and for those who are bravely serving. <\/p>\n

Yesterday I saw heart wrenching stories of nursing homes being evacuated, apartments with people being trapped inside but being rescued, and people holding onto trees in the wake of rushing waters being rescued, because there are heroes who are risking their own health and well-being to do so. A pregnant woman in labor was helped to an emergency vehicle by a human chain getting her across the waters. So many people with such tremendous losses are experiencing hope because of \u201cGood Samaritans\u201d who just couldn\u2019t stand by or walk by or ride their boat by those in such need. <\/p>\n

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This picture of an older couple being rescued on jet skis drew me in yesterday, especially when I saw their stately home (obvious from the beautiful furniture inside \u2013 the grandfather clock being almost completely covered) with waters. The man, J.C., said they knew they had to evacuate. He said \u201cIt may sound funny but I called Chick-Fil-A and ordered two grilled chicken burritos with extra eggs AND a boat. Can you believe one of the managers of Chick-Fil-A sent her husband to pick us up on his jet skis. We are so grateful and so thankful.\u201d The reporter said, \u201cI know you had possessions that you loaded up on that jet ski so there was no room for you, and then other jet skis showed up.\u201d J.C. said, \u201cKaren got on one and I got on the other one. They evacuated us to higher ground and we are ever so grateful.” Then this optimistic man went on to say “The future of Houston is indeed very, very bright — the medical capital of the world; the space capital of the world;the energy capital of the world, and about to be the port capital of the world.\u201d The reporter replied \u201cWell, J.C. and Karen, the world is certainly a brighter place with both of you in it.\u201d The rescuers even took J.C. back to his house later because he had forgotten his wedding ring and his wallet. He said, \u201cI couldn\u2019t save my house, but I could save my marriage.\u201d The reporter said, \u201cI love his sense of humor and he even killed a snake on his way back to his home.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Having been in Oklahoma for the last 40 years, I know what disaster looks like from the destruction that tornadoes bring. More and more people are taking precaution and buying steel storm shelters for their homes. But what good would steel storm shelters be in South Texas? How can we be disaster proof wherever we are? What is our back-up plan in case of an emergency? What safety measures can we take to be protected no matter where we live? It\u2019s a wake-up call, for sure. But more important than all the extra groceries and water in a cellar somewhere or valuables placed in a safety deposit box, or knowing what roads to take in case of evacuation, what would be our attitude as followers of Christ? Would we be fear-driven, have feelings of hopelessness or would we dig deep into our hearts — where Christ lives — with faith and hope and be like J.C. and Karen and be thinking and declaring “something good is going to come out of this\u201d. <\/p>\n

This is what I know about God. Our concerns are not a surprise to Him. Turning over our cares and worries to Him, is how we show Him that we truly trust Him, and His unwavering love for us. When we bring Him our attitude of praise and thanksgiving \u2013 regardless of the circumstance we’re in, He gives us peace to take us to the other side — whether it’s by car, plane, bicycle or boat. And in that case, we can sincerely believe EVERY cloud really does have a silver lining\u201d and \u201cevery flood has a rainbow\u201d. Just check in with Noah. The grace of God carried Him, his family and tons of animals through to dry land. We pray that dry land quickly comes for our brothers and sisters in the South, and the rainbow shows up once again……very soon. <\/p>\n

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We\u2019ve all been watching with concern as Hurricane Harvey and its flood waters ravage the countless communities and cities in Texas, and now Louisiana. I haven\u2019t been able to blog about \u201craindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, blue satin sashes, and warm woolen mittens\u201d when our precious brothers and sisters (we’re all God’s children)…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5003,5004,2583,5005,5006,5007,4939,5008,5009,43,5010,5011],"class_list":["post-844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-cloudsilver-lining","tag-every-flood-has-a-rainbow","tag-gods-children","tag-good-samaritans","tag-grace-of-god","tag-human-chain","tag-hurricane-harvey","tag-is-there-a-rainbow-yet","tag-jet-skis","tag-optimistic","tag-overcoming","tag-police-officer-drowned"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=844"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7246,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844\/revisions\/7246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}