As nearly one hundred tornadoes ripped through five states this weekend, at least thirty-seven people are now pronounced dead.
And though stories of destruction of homes and lives swell, stories of survival also pour.
The bus driver who drove children to a nearby church to seek safety in a basement.
The grandma who laid on top of her four-year-old grandson and had her husband lay on top of her.
The toddler, Angel, discovered alone in a field, despite the fact that her entire family was found dead.
Please pray for all involved.
Please pray for the little girl in the field, Angel, who is in critical condition.
Please pray for those who wonder how God can be good when entire families die and a F5 tornado swallows a lifetime of memories in one gulp.
Please pray for all involved.
Please pray for the little girl in the field, Angel, who is in critical condition.
Please pray for those who wonder how God can be good when entire families die and a F5 tornado swallows a lifetime of memories in one gulp.
Please pray that from immense wreckage, immense hope will fight and find a way to sprout.
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Everlasting, your light will shine when all else fades. Hillsong, "From the Inside Out".
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Oh no, I hadn't heard yet (I live in Europe right now). And it's weird, I just spent the weekend working on a painting while thinking about the hope that can come even from storms. Praying, praying, praying.
I have learned that sometimes the best things sprout from the worst times. I will pray for this.
We have some friends from Alabama here with us this weekend and they have been telling us the stories. There are also lots of stories about the goodness and tenderness of people in the face of tragedy. Praying.
Thanks for this reminder to move outside ourselves and pray for God to do big things inside tragedies such as this.
The last mission trip I took, July 2010, was to West Liberty, Kentucky. While there, I connected with a school employee who in turn connected me with a fellow teacher. Her fourth graders are my fourth graders' pen pals.
We are concerned. I am praying.
Prayers are being lifted up for every family involved.
xoxo michele
Praying...our sermon at church recently reminded us that God is the same God and has the same goodness during the feast and the famines. Sometimes we can't understand, and that's okay. Lean not on our own understanding...but always trust that God is still God and God is still good. Always.
Thank you for sharing. I love your heart! And I love the song reference. I always get choked up during worship when we sing that one. Beautiful and fitting choice...
I have heard some about the tornadoes. But I never knew they were so bad. I will be praying. That is just heartbreaking.
Thanks Amy, prayer is so needed for this child and for all effected by these horrendous tornados!
Andie
we are all in this together and have to hold each other up in prayer....
You have such a compassionate heart! yes will continue to prayer. It is so hard to watch the news footage of all the destruction.
Please pray for those who wonder how God can be good when entire families die and a F5 tornado swallows a lifetime of memories in one gulp.
ugh...yep, good reminder to pray for that. Thanks Aim.
oh, Amy,
the grandma laying on her grandson, her husband lying on top of her...a little baby girl in a field all alone...such pictures of stark reality...*praying*, friend.
blessings to you.
Praying those same prayers with you. And I appreciate the raw honesty of this lament: "Please pray for those who wonder how God can be good when entire families die."
Blessed immensely by your heart, Amy.
We saw and felt the winds here in Kentucky. Our only loss was trees and siding. Not really a loss when you look at the whole picture. As I have thanked God for sparing us and our friends, my heart has been in prayer for these others.
I am praying!
A tornado was a parking lot away from the high school where my son was. My other son's unit was activated - and he has told us such grievous things. He had to carry a 10 year old boy out who didn't make it, plus so many other very heart-breaking things. These communities are still uncovering loss. Those helping need prayers too - to somehow find God in it all!
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