“STORMS!

Me-Maw Thoughts

Number 723

February 18, 2025///

The storm Sunday Morning knocked out power to some and damaged homes and in South Atlanta Metro a confirmed tornado touched down.

Praise God we were not affected but many of our friends were. It made me remember a couple of years ago when we were the ones affected.

We had ten trees down in our yard and one treetop in our garage just inches from our car! It slid boxes of Christmas decorations over and nothing was broken. It was like angels slid the boxes. Also, if the entire tree had fallen our car would have been smashed.

Our roof had some damage but the tall trees that fell missed our house. They would have smashed our house with us in it. It was days before we had power!

We were in our hallway praying as things were knocking, pounding and there was nothing we could do.

Afterward in our thankful hearts that we were ok, we had two main questions that some of you may be dealing with today.

“Lord why did you not stop this from happening,” and “What do we do now?”

When dealing with the insurance company we found that in the state of Georgia unless a tree hits a structure (house, fence, out building, etc.) the insurance company will not pay to have it removed.

So here we were with five huge trees uprooted in our yard and we had to pay to have them removed and we had to pay a deductible on the damage that was covered.

Our son-in-law years ago had a tree business but had sold all his equipment and these big, tall trees could not be handled by just the small tools he had. When we had someone look at the trees our sweet son-in-law was there discussing it with the person because we were not sure of the entire process!

At that time, we did not realize we had much roof damage although we were seeing discoloring in the bedroom ceiling.

GOD PROMISED ALL THINGS WOULD WORK TOGETHER FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM!

Well, our roof was about 30 years old. Because of the damage from the storm, it could not be repaired, and we were blessed with a new roof which was much more expensive than the removal of ten trees and the deductible.

I tell you all of this to say that whatever damage you received because of the storm Sunday, or whatever situation or problem you are facing, God will turn it around and work it for your good and His Glory. We just need to rest in Him, commit all to Him and understand that He can and will!

Another point of the storm is that although power was out for a while, it was back on at some point.

No matter what situation you are in that seems to be blocking the power of the spirit of God in your life. Hold on, just commit all you are and all you are not to the Lord God Almighty and trust in Him and watch Him work!

I just wanted you to know that however bleak your situation is our father in heaven is aware of it and will turn it around for good as we let go and let HIM!

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Father, I praise you for all who read this. I ask you to fill each of us with joy from you and the knowledge that you are for us and when we allow you, you fight our battles and give us direction and handle all situations. Bless with peace all who are in troubling situations right now. Overwhelm them with the truth of how much you love them. I pray it all in Jesus’ name! Amen!

Love MeMaw!