i want to tell you a story about a cold stormy week here at our house. a few months before a tree limb fell and left a hole in our roof which caused a minor leak, we kept reminding our landlord and for some reason, unknown to us, it wasn't repaired, but it was just a small leak so no worries, it isn't like it rains for weeks at a time here in east Texas--except one week it did rain every day for a week, this was while we had 2 young boys living with us, one of those young boys slept in a tiny toddler bed that was given to me when i was young (yes, the one in the photo, the one covered in debris, which was Dominic's when he was little.)
it had been storming all week and then one night there was no rain, this particular night i was up late sitting in the front room on the computer when i heard a horrible commotion, i yelled at John who blamed it on Red, our dog, but i insisted that it didn't sound like a red commotion and insisted he get out of bed and go and check on it--and this is what he found.
as I saw the drywall and all the (newly laid) insulation laying on the bed the first thing i did was thank the great Lord above that he was able to hold the ceiling up until the boys were to be gone for the first night in 6 days--yes, we both knew right then and there that we were blessed (despite the gaping hole in our ceiling) because there was no child sleeping in that bed. Then I realized it was only about a week earlier when i moved my son's tall bed from that very spot to the other side of the room, where he was sleeping when the ceiling fell through.
Now i could go on and on about how little things left uncared for can turn into big gaping holes, whether it be spiritual, physical, or emotional, but that is a different post for a different day, right now i just want to leave with you that sometimes we have to look past the big gaping hole and focus on the child who was not sleeping where the debris fell, and know that the Great Lord Above was looking out for us even though our ceiling caved in and made a huge mess.
does this make sense?
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