"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change." -- James 1:17
The gratitude of people who have survived disasters never ceases to amaze me. They cry and they mourn the loss of things, but they always express thankfulness for being alive. In the coverage of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan as well as the more recent tornado destruction in the southern United States, I see countless instances of grace and gratitude when one would assume such a catastrophe would embitter its victims.
I came across another video of a woman in Tuscaloosa, Alabama who lives alone except for her three cats. When the tornado hit, the destruction of her house was complete and she was only saved from the storm by a wall falling on her. Two of her cats stayed with her but one was sucked away by the wind...for three weeks she returned to the wreckage of her home looking for the 10-year-old cat.
While interviewing with a local news station about her ordeal, the conversation was interrupted by a soft mewing coming from behind them. Miraculously, the cat had survived and had been drifting around the ravaged neighborhood looking for his mother.
Puts all the little nonsense things that stress us out daily in perspective, huh? And as a woman who cherishes her fur baby (our 2-year-old cocker spaniel, Buoy), I know exactly the feeling of relief that woman is experiencing at having all her kids safe and sound.
God bless her and all the victims of the carnage in the South.
No comments:
Post a Comment