In the Midst of Destruction

  

The picture shown reminds me of two things. The paper I just wrote about 9/11. And my life. Now, I'm guessing most of you are scratching your heads, befuddled on how this picture of destruction, fire, and eruption could represent my life in Vail, AZ. Well, when I was looking on google for a good, 1800 size picture for my background, I decided to type in "New York". Well, as probably everyone does when they look up "New York", there's of course going to be a horrific picture of 9/11. And this happened to be the one. That's when that picture gave me a brilliant idea, and a brilliant name for a brilliant blog post. "In the Midst of Destruction". It made me think of the mold. Which, I'm sure, you've heard a million gazillion times in all my blog posts. But this made me think of a unique way of seeing the reason the mold was there and the reason we had to leave our house. Because without destruction, there is never hope. If there were no destruction with some person and somewhere, where would our hope be? Because whenever we experience a horrific event such as 9/11, we would never look for help. Or hope. Or God.

            9/11 changed America and the surrounding countries forever. America lost almost 3,000 lives. I guess in a way, you could say the same about the mold. Only, except the losing 3,000 lives thing. 9/11 changed my life forever, and it made me realize how much I needed that destruction and fire, and smoke, and tears, and cries. It was because I didn’t have enough hope. The reason God puts trials in our lives is because we need them (and most likely deserve them). And when he does, he knows that we’ll look to him when it happens to us.

                Had the mold not “attacked” me, I wouldn’t have become a Christian. It gave me hope. When I take a look at the picture shown, it reminds me of 3 things (not 2). 1.) My awful report on 9/11, 2.) My wonderful, awesome life, and 3.) Hope. Because in the midst of destruction, you’ll always find hope. No matter what the situation, God will always place that giant or tiny speck of hope in your life. All you have to do, is look for it. Just look for it... In the midst of destruction.