The Boulder area of Colorado, and communities miles away, have been deluged with torrential rains and flash floods that have sent thousands fleeing from their homes over the last few days.
The disaster immediately touched home for me because I have a brother-in-law in Longmont, a city north of Boulder, who was flooded out. He said a creek, three quarters of a mile away from his house, which is normally 20 feet wide, swelled to two miles in width, flooding homes everywhere in its path.
Unless you’re in it, I expect it’s impossible to imagine what it must feel like to deal with such unfathomable and unexpected natural disasters.
In listening for ways to help, I send my prayers in their direction.
I’m reminded of a verse from Isaiah, “When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him” (Isa. 59:19).
The evidence of water damage appears beyond comprehension to the human eye, but there is a love of God monumentally bigger that can deal with the damage, find solutions to reverse it and bring resources to bear that help the residents get their homes back.
We must never resign to hopelessness and despair. Evil seems to have a hold at times, but God is bigger. God’s good is sufficient to displace the temporary loss suffered by many and is capable of bringing people to a better place than before.
Let the rebuilding begin. And let us all send our prayers and support their way.
Thank you Evan, for this most thoughtful and on-target approach to the best way to help those in Colorado…..PRAYER! I so appreciate your ideas and I am going to send this Spiritview to my friend in Boulder.
My sincere thanks!
MarySue Harris
Evan, Thank you so much for these loving and helpful thoughts and prayers…. I too have dear ones in the area, and I’m with you sending my prayers and support their way. Thanks!
Thank you, Evan. I have a cousin in Longmont and have not heard from her since the flooding. The thoughts you share are very helpful.
I have no one living in Colorado but that doesn’t prevent me from having the COMPASSION needed to help those not to allow depression to take away their joy. Something comes to thought of what Mrs Eddy brings out in her writings. All these so-called disasters are the breakups or the chemicalizations of Mortal Mind coming up to the serfice to be destroyed and destroyed they will when we realize that God is of pure eyes to behold evil.
Such wonderful help, Evan! You gave me a leg up to realize we can never give up. Thank you, Tobias also.
Yes, Thankyou Evan and everybody. Even though we in the uk are a long way from the location, we can also support all those who seem to be affected by these troubled times.
Evans words are applicable to the shooting in Washington too. Much love to you all,”over the pond”.