Storm Damage (or, How I Don't Have Any)

Journal mskfisher's Journal: Storm Damage (or, How I Don't Have Any) 2

Journal by mskfisher on Thursday September 22, 2005 @02:17AM

http://startribune.com/stories/127/5628282.html
Storm rips through metro, kills 1
A storm spawning destructive winds and possible tornadoes tore through the north metro Wednesday evening, leaving a trail of "significant" damage, the National Weather Service said.
One man died in north Minneapolis when a tree branch fell on him.

So I was at church in Golden Valley the whole time this was happening - about 7 miles south of my house in Brooklyn Center.
I didn't give it a second thought when someone mentioned that there was a big storm coming.
I didn't really think too much of it when the lights flickered a bit from the electrical activity.
I didn't even think too much of it as I was driving through the remains of the storm on the way home, 2-3 hours later.

When I drove past the grocery store and saw that all the lights were out and the traffic signal wasn't working, that gave me a little pause.
When I got to my turnoff and the traffic lights weren't on, that made me wonder as well.
But then as I was driving down the street to my house and saw downed power lines, uprooted trees, and broken limbs splayed out over the pavement, I began to wonder what happened near my place.
Oh, look, there's a pine tree on the northwest corner from my house that's uprooted. There looks to be a car a few blocks down and over that was blown over a curb by the wind... ?!

So after seeing all of that, I pulled up at my very dark, very un-powered house, pulled my mini-Mag-Lite out of the glovebox, and started looking around.
Nothing. No damage. Not a thing. I mean, sure, there were leaves and some small-to-medium dead branches in the yard from the hail, and there was one live branch that had been downed, but otherwise, nothing. I have two huge pine trees in the front, each of which would've loved to have taken a bite out of my house.
Solid. Still in the ground.
Two trees in the back that could've fallen on my garage or my driveway - didn't move an inch.

By this point, I'm positively giddy. I'm praising God the whole way around my yard, into the house, around the house... I unplugged my computer, grabbed some clothes, and headed to work, where I'm posting this now (they have a shower and working power for my ironing board - on-site customer visit tomorrow).
I'm amazed at the damage that walked all around my house and didn't touch me.
Not surprised, mind you - I've prayed over my property (and did again tonight)... but when you see the verse from Psalm 91 acted out in your life:

Psalm 91:10
No evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague come near your dwelling.

Praise God. I'm still in awe.
I had no urgings in my spirit before, during, or after the storm - I was covered.

Wow.

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