I had such a vision from the Lord what Lockport would be and what Rise & Gouaux could do for the community in times like this. I spent pretty much the whole year working out a plan. Seeing it torn to shreds and watching people suffer through some of the toughest times sends my kids and I home crying pretty much every night. I lay my head on my pillow at night worried about everyone and then I remind myself it is out of my hands, I am human and can only do so much. (This changes hourly, so forgive me I am a wreck - but like I always say hold ya horses He ain't done with me yet Phillilipians 1:6)
So we do what we can and I start my day asking for the Lord's purpose and then I get to see what unity and beauty comes out of the rubble. Where we all pull together and help with what little we have left. When people ask why stay, why live here, why start over, why rebuild, why continue - I say do you know my God and do you know His Bayou People! You must not know them, because you would never ask why.
It is easy to get lost in the circumstances right in front of you, caught up in the destruction of what was lost, but if we never see God in the details we really have nothing worth keeping in the rubble of our lives. I might not understand Lord where you are carrying me, but Imma lean on You. Even when nothing else stands, when it's out of my hands Imma lean on You!
