This is my first Memorial Box Monday post. I have been reading them for a long time over at http://aplacecalledsimplicity.blogspot.com/ but hadn't gotten around to posting my own until now. So here goes...
We live on a barrier island in Florida. In 2004, we were in the cross-hairs of 3 out of 4 hurricanes that hit Florida. The first one, Charlie, didn't get very near us and we stayed at home. The second one Frances, had her sights square on us. We decided to pack up and head for the opposite coast. When we left, Frances was expected to make landfall as a Category 4 hurricane. It was very hard packing up the kids, dog and important stuff like photos and paperwork and saying goodbye. I just knew that if Frances hit as a Cat 4 that there would be nothing left when we returned. As we were driving up I-95 on our way to Tampa, my 4 yr old son sitting in the back seat said, "Look, Mom. There's a rainbow." I thought, there can't be a rainbow, it hasn't been raining. But sure enough, as I looked to the east, there was a beautiful rainbow out our window. God spoke to me right then and said, "All will be well when you return."
We went to Tampa and waited as Frances dawdled out in the Atlantic. When she finally decided to come ashore, she was only a Category 2 hurricane. We returned to our home to find that only one screen panel of our screen porch had been lost.
The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it. Matthew 13:44-46
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