My youngest son had just turned three a month before the storm hit. Little Justus was trying to be brave, when his oldest sister turned to take a picture of him while he was standing beside me in the doorway of our home on that day. The original picture is much clearer, but his eyes and face were red from crying, and he was holding his lips real tight to keep from crying in front of the camera. He, along with his six year old brother, was absolutely terrified when the trees started falling all around us during the worst part of the storm. They became visibly upset when an over 100 foot pine tree fell across our drive way and blocked us in, and my little boys were begging me to call for help. When another pine tree went through the roof and water started pouring into the kitchen and a bedroom, all seven of my children became quite disturbed. It was then I realized that we could actually die in this storm; but I also had full confidence that ONLY if it was God's will. My husband had not been with us due to the war, but two weeks later, soon before he was to arrive home, my oldest daughter asked my little Justus, "Are you going to tell daddy that you were a big boy during the storm?" He hung his little head and looked to the ground, and with an ashamed look on his face he looked up and said, "No, I was little." Such a profound statement from the mouth of my baby! He made me realize just how small all of us really are in the sight of God! I can honestly say that fear was not with me on that very devastating Day, but only a great love and concern for my dear children. My response to the terror of the Storm was to call upon the LORD; and God's peace was noticeably with us. I thank God that He heard my most earnest plea! All of us NEED the LORD in our Lives, and HE IS the only One who truly helped us in the midst of that Storm. God will use the trials and tribulations of this Life to show us how we desperately need Him, and I pray you won't reject His call! Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God, IS the ONLY WAY to Heaven; and He gave His Life so we could Live for all Eternity in the presence of the Eternal King!

"He said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore most gladly  I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.  Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses,  for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong."  (2 Corinthians 12:9-10) Blessed be the name of my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ! All Praise, Honor, Glory and Power be unto the One Who sits upon the Throne, and unto the Lamb, forever and ever, Amen!