When it rains, it pours

“When it rains, it pours”…. Literally… Right into our basement.   We woke up this morning to a flooded mud/laundry room and a flooded basement. The “joys” of home ownership. Womp womp. I didn’t realize the actual basement was flooded until I stepped on the carpet with bare feet this afternoon and *squish*… Up came water. I immediately went into panic mode! “Oh my gosh, Sam’s equipment!” “Oh no, MOLD!” “Oh crud, where did it come from?” And finally, “Oh my word, how expensive will this be to fix this?!” We do have a back up savings account, but I was in a tail spin preparing for the worst! I may have criedin my time of panic and worry… SHOCKER! I immediately thought, “You’ve got to be kidding me?!? We didn’t budget for this. What the heck?!?” I might have even mouthed a “Why, God, why right now?!” I’m sure He gave a big huge eye roll to queen of eye rolling, knowing that this could be way worse.

Is it a great situation to be in? Nope. But I took to the one thing that gives me peace and started praying: “God, I’m panicking. I’m struggling, I’m mad. I need your help to calm me down and to remind me of Your promises that You are in control and can handle anything when we can’t.” I, again, turned my worried thoughts to the water downstairs, and the story of Noah and the flood came to mind. How ironic?!

Actually it isn’t irony at all. It’s God answering my prayer to remind me of His power. There was Noah. He heard the call from God: “Hey buddy, just to let you know, you’re about to lose everything you have in a flood: your home, some friends and family, your most treasured possessions. And ps, I’m putting you in charge of saving 2 every animal AND the lives of some of your family!” Okay, maybe it didn’t go quite like that, but that’s how I would’ve heard it. 👎🏼 I can only imagine how badly Noah wanted to kick, scream, and gosh forbid, CRY?!? But he stopped himself from losing faith, trusted that God would provide, and God did. He gave Noah the exact specifications for building an arc that would withstand the flood, when to watch for Gods sign that it was over, and how to get those animals and people through that horrific storm. What did Noah see when it was all over?!? The rainbow, which was a sign of God’s promise that He would never harm the earth in that way ever again. Noah trusted God at a time when all of us would freak the heck out.

So I checked myself. If Noah can trust God through the flooding of the earth… Surely I can trust God through our basement being flooded. I calmed down, thanked God for the reminder and called my dad (Sam was at band practice). And Dun, dun, dun… God provided. We borrowed a deep carpet cleaner from my parents a while back that Griff and I will be running tonight to soak up the water. And we are not having to rent fans from Home Depot like we originally thought we would need to. My dad is bringing two tomorrow. So this weeks DIY project??? Do it yourself de-flooding will commence! And we will be doing some landscaping stuff to prevent this from happening again.

So bottom line: God ALWAYS provides. He is SO much bigger than our fears and any kind of trouble that we could face. It takes trusting in Him and letting Him bear the burden of your worry and doubt! Would we worry as much if God was physically standing in front of us? If we could see Him in the flesh, knowing what He is capable of, would we figuratively slap Him in the face to have so little doubt of His power and His love for us??? Probably not. But in spirit or in flesh, God can do anything and He wants to love on us through each trial. So here’s to a little water and Gods unending promises!