Katrina

You will probablly find this hard to believe but before today I had not seen ANY footage of the hurricane. Of course I was hearing bits and pieces of what happened. Since I have 2 little ones at home, I have made it a point to not watch the news anymore during the day. The news is not good and the commercials are terrible too. I don't even watch the morning shows because we have cartoons on. At night I have other things to do.

Well today after talking to my friend Lauren I decided I should try to watch some. Jacob was napping so and Micah was playing so the only news on then was CNN. It was interesting because the guests were the Surgeon General, Dr. Phil and Rick Warren (author of Purpose Driven Life). I was pretty amazed and shocked at everything that was going on.

Then I noticed that Oprah was doing her show about it so I tuned it. By now Jacob was up and they were both cuddling by me. I couldn't help weeping at what I heard and saw. I was trying to explain to the boys why I was crying and what we were watching. At the first commercial I muted the TV and told the boys we needed to pray. So they bowed their heads and closed their eyes and in between my tears I got the best prayer out I could. I can't believe this world we live in and the condition of the people's hearts.

Every night when we tuck the boys in we pray and sing a song. Lately they pick "This little light of mine" every night. After the traditional verses I added "let it shine to the people in the storm" and Micah asked me why I did that. I told him so that Jesus could help them and they could have hope. When I look at the state of this world and think what it will be like for the boys the only things I know I can do is pray and raise them to be strong God fearing men every chance I get.