To the outside world the flood in Tennessee were merely a disaster: houses completely destroyed, belongings floating to the unknown, memories tossed in the garbage heap, lives turned upside down in the muddy waters.
To the people going through this experience it is a gift wrapped up in tragedy. It is community, it is hope. It is people working long hours to do all they can for people they just met. It is hearing the words, "This is the best experience of my life" from a woman who lost most of her life collection and shelter. It is people living life the way that has Jesus smiling.
The stories of the flood waters are being replaced with stories of strangers becoming friends, homes being opened up in complete trust, teenagers handing out bottles of cold water to volunteers, hugs being shared regardless of the smells emanating from tired bodies, love passing in the glances between people who will never forget what real love is.
The flood brought floods of love, emotion and people crawling out of their own self-absorbed worlds. It flooded hearts that have been hardened by life, with hope. It made friends of people who would have never met. Aww...what they would have missed out on!
The floods...what a gift!
The disasters in life - are they merely challenges wrapped in love, waiting for, not strangers, but friends that have not yet met, to gather together and do life together - the way it was designed to be?
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