Water Water Everywhere...

 
Two helicopters have just flown over my house at an uncharacteristically low altitude.  Not that 2 helicopters flying over my house, in and of itself, is characteristic at all; but it is, however, a reflection of just how bizarre the last couple of days have been around here.  The rain started with all of the normal, classic hype of red-colored bands stretching from LA. to OH. moving at an ever-changing pace, in an unpredictable direction.  Over a dozen reported deaths & hundreds of millions of dollars worth of flood damage later, I'm sitting on my patio, staring out into one of the most beautiful days we've ever had. 

Can''t really put my finger on the pulse of emotions we've experienced as a family during this wave of storms.  I guess as we let life take us a little further down these wet roads it'll start to form more clarity.  After seeing so much devastation from a distance, we're all sort of shell-shocked form having it's reality at our doorstep.  It's one thing to watch a flooded Iowa writhe through the looking glass of CNN & FOX, but quite another to see it through your front windshield.

Bellevue,TN. has always been dubbed "Nashville's Best Kept Secret".  Sheri & I actually built our 1st home
there 15 years ago - beautiful area.  For now, it's beauty will remain hidden beneath an overwhelming span of destruction.  Even the most luxurious of developments, the ones that we somehow always assume to be untouchable, have been submerged.

Gaylord's Opryland Hotel is now empty of occupants and filled with 6 ft. of flood waters.  Surreal.  They don't expect to be back up & running for another 3 - 6 months.  That's a bit financial hit for all of us Nashvillians.

All of this drives home the profound truth of just how fragile this earthly side of things really is.  Leaning on Jesus & everything we can't see within His very present, relevant promises during such a blindsided assault of loss is about as real as it gets.  No matter how deep the rising Harpeth & Cumberland Rivers may get, His protection & care for us goes deeper still...Romans 8:18 (The Message).

Comments

[Corey]

Marty - I was just watching the videos Sheri posted and thinking about how it is to see this in real life many times over the years, then see it thru the screen in a place I'd love to be. Not to mention that it's where so many of my music friends are, whether friends I know or just get to listen to every day. I've been praying that everyone is safe and finds a dry place to be. Reading this after seeing the videos gave me an interesting perspective, because while Iowa is getting a pretty fair share of spring showers lately, we’re actually staying a bit dryer than I would expect after all the snow this winter.

But it all just makes me think about the birthing pains of this earth we live on - watch & pray for we do not know the hour. Matthew 24...

My prayers to all in and around Music City....Corey

[4himcamper]

It was interesting getting update tweets, photos, and video links from Sheri, Spence Smith and retweets from Adrienne Camp on Saturday regarding the flood. I've never had the opportunity to go to the Nashville area, but what I've seen it looks pretty when it's not under water. It good to here that so many of you are safe and have not had issues except for how to get around town even though many of your fellow Nashvillians have a fair amount of water damage. Been praying for all of you down there and for those that are trying to get back in after being on the road while this all happened.

[Manhattan Mold Removal]

OMG! That's a really bad flood! Hope you got the mess cleaned up before mold set in. Even spores in the air blowing in to your home can cause problems.