It's very strange to be speaking of any flooding up here in the Midwest when Hurricane Ike is letting itself known down on the Gulf coast, but it has been raining quite a bit! In fact, we got a call from my father-in-law telling us not to make the hour drive down to them in Lombard because the weather was so bad. Now as I've mentioned in previous blogs, we live right near Great America in Gurnee and went through some flooding in 2004. That was great! We sandbagged like mad! A few friends holed up in the church and when the floodwaters receded the press came up and expected to see many a teary eye. But the Lord had spared our church except for one tiny little corner, which was cleaned up quickly.
Now, we always sandbag everyone, neighbors included. Because that's what is right. The problem is that the rain doesn't come from the sky, it comes from upriver. Or downriver, depending. When Mt. Prospect and whoever, built a bunch of dams they also forced the Des Plaines River to back up. And back up it did, right up to Gurnee. So, when we get a regular drenching and not a 20 year flood like we're supposed to be getting, the call goes out for more sandbagging and people get a little nervous. Although it is really neat when those sailor boys show up from Great Lakes!
It's funny while we say that in that dry spell we're watching the crops and going "Boy, we can really use a bit of rain right now!" at the same time as soon as the rain comes we're saying, "Okay, that's enough!" Sorry, there's no spigot!
In the meantime, enjoy what the Lord has provided and chill!
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