Hail

I got up to run this morning and it was raining, and lightning. I thought about running in the rain, but won't do lightning. It's alright though because we have bigger things to get through this morning. Last night, I was in a meeting at school, that I really thought was a waste of time. As we were waiting for the meeting to begin, it started to rain, and then it started to hail. The hail sounded HUGE. It was. Golf ball size and my car was in the parking lot. Sure enough, when I got outside, I looked at my car and it looks like it got caught in a hail storm. Obvious damage. When I got home, Tom looked at the car and decided we better take a look at the house this am. I went out into my garden and couldn't believe it. My cucumbers were literally split in half. My strawberries are gone. I have just a few tomatos left. It shredded a patio chair cover. Worse still, there are hail marks all over our steps leading from the back door. The steps aren't the issue. The issue is if the steps are damaged, what does our roof look like? What does the paint on the west side of our house look like? AAAAGGGGHHHH!!!!

I did begin to think about how life can change in a second. One minute I am complaining about a meeting and the next, I am worried about my house. This morning I need to be grateful that nothing else was damaged, Tom's car was in the garage, my family was safe and nobody was IN the storm, windows were not broken (it was actually a fear while the storm was happening) and that we have insurance. Please pray for us today as we sort out the mess.