God has been working in my life in so many ways; before Hurricane Katrina to prepare us for what was ahead, during the evacuation in every detail, and afterwards to come home and start to rebuild our lives and our city. Through it all, I’ve had a steady soundtrack of hymns and praise music playing in my head, and a slowly increasing desire to study the Word and get back to Him. His constant, faithful care for me does make me love Him more, but it’s more than that. God who has power over a hurricane can still find time to see that my cats are housed safely and for free. Every small detail of my life is known to Him and He does care. I see it more clearly than ever. And when I see that, I fall more in love with Him than ever. In marriage there are sometimes these “flat” times where the romance is cold or stagnant, and you look at your spouse and wonder what the heck you were thinking of. At times like that, you stay because what else can you do? Mortgage, kids, and daily routines hold you together. Duty. You don’t want to pack up and start over. And then something changes – could be anything – and reminds you of why you love this person. You remember how it started. You think about the details. And your love flares up and warms you and you look forward to when you’ll be together again. Thank God.
Finally, my brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honest, whatever things are right, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, think on these things.
(Philippians 4:8 MKJV)
