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			<span class="posted-on"><a href="https://tiaraamikell.wordpress.com/2017/09/26/embrace-the-now/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2017-09-26T04:00:52+00:00">September 26, 2017</time><time class="updated" datetime="2017-09-27T17:29:22+00:00">September 27, 2017</time></a></span><span class="byline"> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://tiaraamikell.wordpress.com/author/tiaraamikell/">The Emancipated Butterfly 🦋</a></span></span>		</div><!-- .entry-meta -->		
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			<p>If there is anything I got from the Hurricane Harvey experience, it&#8217;s that things can change literally in an instant. I hate that it took such a devastating storm to wake me up, but it did. As I watched the flood waters creep up over my sidewalk and closer to my home, the fear rose bc all I could think about was&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;where are we going to move our babies if we are in a one-story home?&#8221; </em></p>
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<p>It became so bad that we received a notification that not even first responders or emergency personnel could make it to our home due to the flooding. We were flooded in. My heart sank, but we had to remain in good spirits.</p>
<p>We placed our 2 sleeping children in the bathtub praying over them listening to the howling winds hoping it wasn&#8217;t a tornado. Seemed like for every flood warning we received, a tornado warning would come in soon after. My nerves are still bad from it.</p>
<p>It was exhausting. I didn&#8217;t sleep through the night because all I could think about was &#8220;my plan&#8221;.</p>
<p>It was in that moment I realized, my life, my family&#8217;s lives, were in the Lord&#8217;s Hands. <strong><em>I realized that I was wasting my time worrying about things that were far out of my control. </em></strong>Me stressing about the <em>possibility </em>of flooding or a tornado, did not make the waters recede any faster nor the winds stop blowing as hard. I broke down crying on FaceTime with my parents because I didn&#8217;t know what else to do. I felt awful for not leaving and putting my children at risk even though our circumstances did not allow us to leave when we wanted to. After I let it all out&#8230;and I&#8217;m talking the <em>ugly cry</em>, I felt so much better. I embraced the fact that we still had electricity. We still had food, shelter, no water in our homes, safety&#8230;we had EVERYTHING we needed IN THAT MOMENT. So why was I stressing about what I couldn&#8217;t see?  I don&#8217;t think natural disasters are punishment, but I do believe God uses natural disasters as a reminder of the following:</p>
<p>1) WHO God is, bc He is The Creator of all things.</p>
<p>2) Be humble and be appreciative. During these disasters we are powerless. I think sometimes as humans we forget that until we end up with the inability to do the things we often take for granted.</p>
<p>3) Love one another. Think about the news before Harvey, Irma Maria and all of the earthquakes&#8230;it was all focused on Kim North Korea dude and the Charlottesville crap. Then after and during the storm we saw people coming together, helping one another like never before.</p>
<p>All this to say, <strong>I think sometimes we put our lives in fast-forward mode because it&#8217;s not at &#8220;the part&#8221; we want it to be on. </strong>Pause in the moment. If <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">you </span>no if WE keep that up, we will miss the most beautiful moments of our lives and before we know it, the credits will be rolling. Take your time and embrace the NOW in your lives. Whatever that is. Appreciate those around you and the steps in the journey.</p>
<p>This song got me through&#8230;I used it when I was in labor with Langston and it also came through for the storm&#8230;</p>
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<p>On another note&#8230;</p>
<p>Some have asked if this was a &#8220;sign of the times&#8221;. I go back to the Word.</p>
<p>&#8220;And there will be great earthquakes, and in various places plagues and famines; and there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.&#8221; -Luke 21:11</p>
<p>&#8220;For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes.&#8221; -Matthew 24:7</p>
<p>However&#8230;</p>
<p><sup class="versenum"> </sup>“But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father&#8230;.&#8221; Matthew 24:36</p>
<p>So yeah&#8230;</p>
<p>As for me and mines&#8230;..we are trying to get our spiritual house in order all the while, embracing the NOW. Like I said, it can all change in an instant.</p>
<p>Just my two cents. 🤷🏾‍♀️</p>
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					<p>You said a mouthful of wisdom and that was quite the epiphany! Excellent truth</p>
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					<p>Thanks brother! </p>
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					<p>The power of your words and perceptions on the current situations really made me think. This is beautiful. Seriously.</p>
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					<p>Wow. Thank you Anthony. It really means a lot coming from you. Thanks for reading and feel free to share! </p>
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					<p>T, that was well put together and powerful.  You&#8217;re right, God does things to get our attention.  Because we get busy and rapped up into ourselves and forget to give him praise and honor.</p>
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					<p>Great post, wonderful advice. We&#8217;ve got to cherish what we have now. It reminds me of a line from an old Winans&#8217; song, &#8220;Tomorrow is not promised.&#8221; Although that song was for evangelism, urging people to embrace the Lord right away, it synced with what you emphasized: &#8220;It can all change in an instant.&#8221; Thank You, Lord, for my family, career, where I am right now and what You are doing in every area of my life. Thank You from the depth of my heart.<br />
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					<p>No, thank YOU for taking time out of your day to read it! God bless you!</p>
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					<p>I had to take a moment and just breath after reading your article. It took me back (we live in Alabama and right smack in the middle of the tornados of 2011) and how I felt then. But it also slapped me in the face in this moment right here because after the Son rises and we experience that moment, sometimes we forget. I had forgotten, but you reminded me. </p>
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					<p>We all need reminders from time to time, and I&#8217;m honored that this post could be used as a reminder for you.Thank you for reading! </p>
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