Grateful

There are those days when I am reminding of how big God is and how awesome that it is that He knows everything. Today is one of those. I woke up a little before 2:00 to the Code Red weather warning call. It said Torando Warning for your area. Daniel rolled over and went back to sleep when his phone went off but I decided to get up and turn on the tv. I am not easily spooked by storms, but I've lived in Arkansas long enough to know that you shouldn't ignore tornado warnings. Too many close calls in my life. When I turned the tv on, I realized there were 4 tornado warnings for Lonoke County. Crazy. These were from 4 different cells. Luckily they stayed south of here, but they headed straight toward Lonoke with one moving just north of town and one moving just south of town. After some crazy hard rain and some hail, I went back to bed since the tornado threat had passed. It was only this morning that I am reminded of how blessed I am. Our house is fine. LHS is a mess. We are actually out today due to no power and trees and powerlines down all over town. Other than that, everything appears to be intact. Stories of tragedy and survival always come to light in the daylight after the storm. They are reporting at least 4 fatalities and tons of devastation. Here I am looking out the window and other than the small lake in my yard, there is no sign of the storm. None of this is a surprise to God. He knew it was going to storm. He knew I'd be out of school today and that I needed the time to recover from a cold and a really rough week. He knew. He always knows.