Emotions after the storm...

I have watched the news for the past eight days. I watched initially for the weather, the updates, seeing who was being evacuated. During the storm we watched to keep track of where Harvey was going. The the storm slowed, moved on and we watched to see the recovery. Yes there was a time or two when it was bad at our house. But we are fine. A small leak in the attic, part of our fence fell, and some paint started to peel on a wall to the outside that received too much moisture. And we have already filed a claim, heard that our adjuster will be here as soon as she can find an open road.

We are fine, we are blessed. But around us, our community, our friends, our family - not all of them waited out the storm with our result. We have give supplies and time to help where and when we can. But there has been a sense of guilt for being okay. I went back to work today, we opened up the school for the parents with younger children who needed to return to work or had recovery to do. And in the office, we all caught up and talked some. And we all mentioned the guilt feeling. One of the ladies mentioned reading about the very thing and share the following link:

Hurricane Harvey Survived Serve

I really recommend everyone to read this if they feel guilty for having little to no damage after Harvey. God has purpose, God has plan.

Romans 8:28 (NIV)

28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.