I have been a litle distracted...

When Julie and I were first married, we bought a little old brick starter house. It is one of the oldest houses in town and is full of charm ( that's a nice way of saying it needed a ton of work.).. Over the years we have put a lot of work into it everything from all new pluming and electrical to a new roof and furnace.. about 15 years ago we moved to the House we are in now ... it too has the same "Charm". My mom moved into the little house in town, so we never really did get rid of it. Since returning from Central Asia, I have an office set up in a spare room there... it works well.. it gets me to the "Office every day, and I am able to get high speed there. As early as a couple weeks ago we discussed with Mom what she would like to do... stay living there , or start looking for an apartment or a condominium...We decided that maybe we should ask the question again in about five years..... I think maybe we were just being prepared for what the future had in store... Two days ago, on a freezing cold night, a 10 inch high-pressure water main broke, and rather then the water surfacing , it blew through the basement wall... with in about 4 minutes the basement was full to the top.... oil tank, hot water tank ... everything was riped from their moorings, that along with a couple paint cans and paint thinner has created a toxic soup that was forced through every crack and whole it could find..... even the electrical panel was completely submerged.... then as it was all pumped down every thing froze and caused more cracks and damage.
The hazard wast pumper trucks have just left, the power has been restored, and there are a team of inspectors and environmentalists there trying to decide the fate of the house... the foundation is compromised, the ground floors need to be hauled up and replaced, and the structural engineers are trying to determine whether the house can stand the necessary work.... The basement had a dirt floor, and now has at least a foot of contaminated soil in it. The inspectors asked where did they pump the first 4 feet of water... they then looked out into the yard that had been submerged.... Out came the camera's for more photos....
I missed the first part of the excitement as I was at the PI office at the time. My sister helped Mom pack her cat , parrot and bearded Dragon , along with her her Bible and work books that she uses to teach anger management. Life can through some strange curve ball at you at times.....I guess we just need to trust that God will remain true to his word when he says he will take every evil thing that has been sent to harm us and turn it around for his glory.... God this would be a good time to let your glory shine....