Things, I mean like—it was just unbelievable. We were able to save a few
things—like we didn't have room for our clothes in the house so I had
bought those Tupperware bins. And when we went back and we cleaned up
the stuff, two of the bins, the water never got to them. They was just
floating in the water. Then I looked at my bin and it was trashed.
Everything that was my little boy and my little girl, their bins was
sealed, but mine was drenched to the gills. But then the people began to
bring me clothes, and one lady brought me the most beautiful suits, I
mean, with sequins and gold,
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match. Oh, it was just so exiting. This is like sixty, seventy dollar
shoes. And I had five or six pair and the dresses and skirts to go with
it. And I said, “Oh, the Lord is just blessing me and dressing me better
than I could dress myself.” And then I was testifying in the church and
the woman came to me and said, “You know what my daughter said? My
daughter said that you was so happy, like, you were like glad that the
flood came.” And I was like, “How can people be so naïve?” Who would be
glad that a flood came? But it was just a joy of the Lord and just
seeing, you know, and being grateful for where he brought me. Because I
had five other people in my family, and I could have lost one of them.
People were losing family members, you know. And it was just a blessing
that we had each other. I mean, regardless of everything that we lost it
was a blessing. I had to learn that even in the midst of the flood,
because where we were in the camp, the people gave us clothes and stuff.
I was sorting through the clothes, and I had put some things back in the
bag for my husband to take to the shelter because it was things we
couldn't use. And then I discovered that he had took one of my
daughter's shoes, and it was a really nice, expensive shoe. I was real
upset with him, and when he came back, I was like, you know, “You put
the shoe in there!” And I was getting really hyped up. And then the
Lord, it's like the Spirit spoke to me, and said “You haven't gotten
it.” You know, because the bible said that we have to wear the things of
this world as loose garment. And even though I thought I had released
it, because I lost everything in the flood, I still hadn't released the
things that I thought I had released because I wouldn't have got so
upset over that shoe. I was still attached to things. And then I
understood what the Lord was trying to teach me—don't get attached to
these things, because these things is not going to be here. I had to
keep my focus on Him, because if I
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on Him, everything that I want or need, He was going to bring it to me.
So I seen people that I thought maybe was committed to the Lord go
through things and not be able to survive, because they didn't keep
their focus on Him. They're not appreciative. I've seen so many people
ungrateful for the things that they have received, because—yeah, well, I
hear people say they lost their home. And even though they think that we
can't empathize with them because we didn't own our home, it was our
home, you know. We paid rent like they paid mortgage, and the mortgage
is still going to be there like the rent is still going to be there. But
you've got to be grateful for what you have, you know, in order to get
more. I think when you lose the focus of what you have, you're not going
to get as much as you could have because you're not focusing on the
right one. You're just looking at things. I believe in the Lord teaching
me to have a humble and meek spirit. We wouldn't be as blessed as we
are, and it's honey coming. It's just honey coming. And we don't have no
reason to complain, even in the situation that we've been in. We don't
have no reason to complain, because the Lord has been blessing us. We
really don't. Yes, we need things, but we can wait on them because we
know if He brought these things, he's going to bring the rest of the
things that we need.