Floods + Contempt + Thought for Today

Nebraska Makes Drudge Report . . . Unfortunately

"Large parts of Nebraska & the U.S. central plains were underwater on Saturday after a late-winter 'bomb cyclone' storm triggered historic flooding along the Missouri & Platte rivers, tearing apart . homes & swallowing road ways." ["Historic floods hit Nebraska after 'bomb cyclone' storm," Drudge Report, 3/18]

"The rivers kept raging SUN as more Nebraskans & Iowans fled t shelters, first responders kept working through their exhaustion, & scores of volunteers offered supplies, food & prayers. The head of the NE State Patrol said the recovery would be a 'marathon.' With highways closed & farm land flooded, no one could offer a solid projection on how long it might take to put Nebraska back to where is was a month ago." ["Disaster, disruptions & exhaustion. Flood problems will not relent," Drudge Report, 3/18]

Many roads in Northeast Nebraska remain impassable, either because of continued flooding and/or massive damages. We are traveling to Lincoln on Saturday. We may have to drive all the way to & through Omaha in order to make it, which will add over two hours to our trip, one way.

Contempt

"The next time you are about to engage in disagreement over a contentious issue, ask yourself a question:  Am I about to use my values as a gift, or as a weapon to attack the other side? If you are about to use them as a weapon, stop. Find a way to use your values as a gift instead." ["Rejecting Contempt," Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review Online, 3/18]

WAITING

"For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from Him" Psalm 62:5

"Waiting on the Lord is an act of faith, because each time we wait we realize anew our dependence on God--for life, for forgiveness, for salvation. Our hope is in Him. He will not disappoint." [Psalms for Lent, Jane Wilke, Creative Communications for the Parish, 2018]