Mercy

My Aunt Janie, my mom's sister, lives in Murfreesboro, TN. with my uncle, and as you may have heard, had the frightening experience of living through a tornado this past weekend. I cannot even imagine experiencing this, but even more so, since my aunt is blind. I turned on the news and heard reports of the devastation in Murfreesboro and immediately called my mom. I'm not sure what is a more helpless feeling than not knowing if your loved one is OK in a situation like that. Mom fell to pieces. I think even more so because she has a deep burden for Aunt Janie to come to know the Lord. My mom and aunt went through some unimaginable hardships growing up, and sometimes I think my aunt must question if there is a God that could have allowed her to go through some of those things and the fact that she has been blind her entire life. She must question the justice. She is not willing to listen to anything that has to do with God.
God did show his mercy by sparing them and their house. Houses in front and behind theirs were destroyed. One person actually witnessed the tornado jumping over their house. My mom was never so glad to hear my aunt's voice. She was shaken up and very upset that they weren't expected to have electric restored for up to four days, but was OK. God sent kind people to check on them and provided a generator so that they could have some power for the necessities.
The night before this happened my mom and I were actually talking about how burdened she is for my aunt. My mom said she wants Aunt Janie to walk with her in heaven. There is a reason God showed his mercy to my aunt and uncle through this.