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My Own Personal Rainbow Connection As many of you know by now, when Hurricane Ike hit, I left my mobile home to stay at my parents home who have a nice brick one story nearby. I took the pictures off the walls, brought in the plastic chairs, stocked my freezer full of ice, grabbed some food and other belongings, said a quick prayer asking for protection of my home and left for my mom's a few hours before the first rains hit. As the storm came in, we watched the television news intensely until the power went out sometime after midnight. We tried to sleep but the winds sounded like jet engines and things were constantly hitting the roof and walls of the house. At one point there was a loud shot like sound that concluded with the breaking of glass. We all moved to the other side of the house rather quickly. It was pitch black outside and we couldn't see a thing. None of us wanted to be too close to any windows anyway. The eye seemed to make it's way over us around daybreak although it could have been as late as 9:30 in the morning. We had lost all track of time but that's when we could at least start seeing outside a bit. I watched a mighty oak in my mom's front yard be completely uprooted and slam across the street. For the first time we could go out onto the front porch which is somewhat protected by walls and roof to see a bit of the damage. The winds had died down a bit but continued to be fierce as was the rain. The eye did not come directly over us. It didn't seem long before the winds then reversed direction and we faced the latter half of the storm. It was late afternoon before the storm subsided and the winds stopped. With a few hours of daylight, neighbors started helping neighbors and surveyed the damages. Every home on the street where my parent's live sustained some sort of damage from a tree falling on them somewhere. I was amazed that the ones with the most damage were those where people no longer lived... foreclosures or ones up for sale. Everyone went to work to help everyone else clear the trees from their homes and other brush as well as clear the streets from fallen trees. Many, many oaks were uprooted while the pines seemed to have been twisted and torn off by mini-tornados that occurred during the storm. By nightfall, we were exhausted but at about 2am we were hit with a powerful series of thunderstorms. So much for sleep... Finally Sunday afternoon, my and I ventured toward our own mobile home to see how we fared. As we surveyed the damage up and down my parent's street, I tried to prepare my for the worst. After all, if all these nice brick homes could sustain so much damage how on earth would my little mobile home fair in the next subdivision across the main street? As we started to leave my parent's subdivision, my pointed out a rainbow. He remarked how the end of it looked to be right on our house. Jake said, "See Mom, there's a rainbow on our house. It's going to be alright." I couldn't help but to think about how God showed Noah that rainbow as a sign of His covenant with him but at the same time I didn't want to get my hopes up. I needed to be prepared and stand strong for my . I wasn't sure how he would react to the possible and probable devastation that would await us just down the street a bit. As we turned into our subdivision, we saw mobile homes totally destroyed by trees... homes that looked as though they were made of paper and devastated by the strength of the hurricane. I don't even remember turning onto my street but I do recall pulling up into my driveway. Everything looked fine from the front but who knows what the back would look like and how many of my 22 trees would be laid across my home so we went to the backyard before trying to enter our home. Here I was trying to be so strong but as I got around to the back my knees buckled and I lost it totally! He had protected my home completely. Trees were down all around our lot but not one of our trees came down. Nothing hit our home. Not a window was broken. A little bit of skirting was untucked but not even ripped away from the base. My and his friend came over to me and we just hugged on the ground as I sobbed out a thank you to God for blessing us! I couldn't believe it but yet, my mobile home remained just as I had left it! For several minutes, all I could do is cry and say "Praise God!" Some believe there are riches at the end of a rainbow... I found my pot of gold in a brown mobile home that God protected from Hurricane Ike. And my was right, that rainbow ended at our home and everything was alright!! God rocks!! |
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YES PRAISE GOD!!! I am so glad to hear this... and yes... Im a grown man and your witness here is so powerful, it brought tears to my eyes... Thank you for sharing!!! I'm not sure why this touches me so much... I can only think about the time I went to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina... I am so thankful!!! Especially when I see others lose everything... I agree... GOD ROCKS!!! Let the SON shine!!! michael
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YES PRAISE GOD!!! I am so glad to hear this... and yes... Im a grown man and your witness here is so powerful, it brought tears to my eyes... Thank you for sharing!!! I'm not sure why this touches me so much... I can only think about the time I went to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina... I am so thankful!!! Especially when I see others lose everything... I agree... GOD ROCKS!!!
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Hey Chris, good to see you as well! I think our own ideas regarding our worth play a big part in that doubt. Why would God want to protect someone like me. A part of me still doesn't get it until I look at my son and my unconditional love for him, it is then that I understand God's unconditional love for His children even the the ones like me! God bless you!
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Thankyou Jesus ..
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Thanks Terri! I have been incredibly blessed and am so very grateful. So many people lost so very much and so many others like yourself have witnessed the devastation of a hurricane. I'll never forget the sites and sounds from Ike! I am sure the images of Charley are forever etched in your mind and heart. God bless you and thank you for your comments!
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10/21/2008 4:25 am |
That is a great testimony to the goodness of God to you  Thank you for sharing it.Regards
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10/21/2008 5:15 am |
God takes care of those who love Him! Thank you, Corrie. Your story brought a tear to my eye. I am so very glad that you are okay, but then again I had NO real doubt. God rules and Jesus Rocks!  
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Corrie, your story gave me goosebumps! Thank you for sharing because I cannot even imagine having to experience a storm like the one you experienced. Thank God that you and your family were held safe in God's hands and so was your home! God is amazing! GBY! May God Bless You in ABUNDANCE
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That is a great testimony to the goodness of God to you Thank you for sharing it.Regards
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God takes care of those who love Him! Thank you, Corrie. Your story brought a tear to my eye. I am so very glad that you are okay, but then again I had NO real doubt. God rules and Jesus Rocks!
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Corrie, your story gave me goosebumps! Thank you for sharing because I cannot even imagine having to experience a storm like the one you experienced. Thank God that you and your family were held safe in God's hands and so was your home! God is amazing! GBY!
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A neighbor's tree came down on a corner of my parent's home, damaging a closet. Mom also lost six large window panes and the tv antenna. They lost several trees in the backyard that didn't hit anything and something hit the side of one of their cars putting a nice big dent and scrape into the paint. Considering the damage everywhere else, we did good and God was with us through it all! Oh and get this... all of our car tires were nearly flat afterwards because of the change in barometric pressure during the storm! Luckily my dad has an small portable air compressor we could plug into the cigarrette lighter in each of the vehicles. God bless you!
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WOW!! That's Awesome!! Welcome back
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WOW!! That's Awesome!! Welcome back
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10/23/2008 5:39 pm |
Corrie I have thought about you and prayed for you. My condo had three water spots and minor sheetrock damage. I am a couple of miles from Johnson Space Center. Their was quite a bit of damage in Nassau Bay. I have lived in the Gulf Coast area all of my life and have never seen so much devastation. We are designed like God-- fully human, fully alive.
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Corrie I have thought about you and prayed for you. My condo had three water spots and minor sheetrock damage. I am a couple of miles from Johnson Space Center. Their was quite a bit of damage in Nassau Bay. I have lived in the Gulf Coast area all of my life and have never seen so much devastation.
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10/25/2008 3:48 pm |
Yes Corrie my life is getting back to normal. Thank you for your prayers. I went to La Porte and Kemah today. The damage there is unbelievable. People are living in campers in their front yards, debris is piled up everywhere and trees are down. It broke my heart. I had seen a little of Shoreacres on the news(I grew up in LP). Take care, Rebecca We are designed like God-- fully human, fully alive.
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Yes Corrie my life is getting back to normal. Thank you for your prayers. I went to La Porte and Kemah today. The damage there is unbelievable. People are living in campers in their front yards, debris is piled up everywhere and trees are down. It broke my heart. I had seen a little of Shoreacres on the news(I grew up in LP). Take care, Rebecca
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