Devastation

Hello, everyone. This week I'd like to take the time to speak about Hurricane Ike and the damaged it has caused millions of people residing along the Gulf of Mexico, the entire state of Texas, and parts of Louisiana. This past weekend, I watched on MSNBC, 12 foot waves washing ashore and enveloping beach side homes to take back out into the ocean. I saw the tallest building in Houston with its windows blown out, I saw lobbies of hotels flooded with water and then I saw people who had chosen to ride the storm out, swimming in sewer water trying to make it to safety. Those of us living in the Chicagoland area have gotten our share of rain this weekend as well. Many of us have water in our basements and our cars are flooded. But we have our jobs to go to, we can ride the bus to grocery stores if need be. The devastation that Hurricane Ike caused has shut down businesses indefinitely. Gas stations are out of gas, grocery and convenient stores are no longer in existence for hundreds of thousands of people. Pure devastation is the only true way to describe what this category 3 storm has inflicted in the south. That's why we have to be grateful and thankful for everything we have and not take the little things for granted. Before we moan and groan about the floods in our basements, just imagine that we could have been one of the many folks watching our entire life's savings, everything we've worked so hard to build, completely demolished. So, take a moment, really take a moment and thank God that you were able to wake up in your home this morning with electricity and running water, you were able to get in your car and drive to your destination. And thank God that your local Jewel, Dominick's and Walgreen's stores are still there when you need them. And the next time a situation arises that may cause you to complain about what you don't have, consider sending up a "Hallelujah" or "Thank You, Jesus" for what you do have instead.

Kita