On July 3, 2018 at roughly 5:00 in the morning, our lives were changed drastically. A tornado came through our farm and demolished/greatly damaged the buildings on our farm. The calf shelter (roughly 20 X 12 feet) flew over 3 fences and only stopped at the rock pile out in the field. It's a good thing that it did or it may have harmed Andrew and Marie's place the way it was flying through the air.
We're grateful that the farm equipment that was being stored in the Quonset wasn't more damaged than it was. We're super grateful that our grain cleaning system wasn't also. What saved that, plus Michael and Cora's Bobcat and fishing boat, from being totally smashed was our new combine holding up the building. I'll try to get some photos to share here soon.
On Friday the guys lifted the wreckage off of the equipment that was parked in the building. After everything of worth was removed, they gave it a push and down it came like a stack of dominoes. How a life can change in an instant.
What we're all amazed at is how God protected the 2 households involved. Trees were snapping off and buildings collapsing but Michael, Cora, and Elsie were safe in their bedroom!!! Over on our side of the road, a large tree fell on all 3 of our pickups but didn't touch the house. WE WERE SAFE IN THE LOVE THAT GOD HAS FOR US!!!
There have been lots of tears, as I've pondered the losses, but this morning the Lord comforted me with these thoughts. I pray that you will find comfort in them too.
Prayers for our family would be greatly appreciated at this time.
Dawn for us Bornemanns and Dalquists
Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that
is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name.
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Hebrews
13:15
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Lifting up your hands and thanking God is
spontaneous and easy when you have just received a wonderful blessing: “God, I
can’t thank You enough for this miracle!”
“Thank You Father, for answering my
prayer!”
“Father, thank You for the windfall!”
Perhaps you came close to being in a fatal
accident, but God plucked you out of danger just in time. Or your grandmother,
an unbeliever for many years, finally received Jesus as her Savior and got
healed of a long-term disease.
But there are times when you don’t feel like
lifting up your hands to thank and praise God, yet you do it. Perhaps you feel
very discouraged lately. Perhaps everything is going wrong for you and you feel
like your life is in a mess. You can’t hold back the tears. Yet, you make a
conscious decision to lift your hands and thank God for being in the situation
with you. You open your mouth and begin to praise Him even though you really
don’t feel like doing it.
In the midst of the trial that you are going
through, you praise Him that He is your righteousness in spite of all the
mistakes you have made. You thank Him that He is your Prince of Peace, and that
His peace will arise in you and still the storms in your life.
My friend, God sees and appreciates such
times when, despite feeling so discouraged, you offer a freewill thanksgiving
offering to Him. In fact, your thanksgiving during such times is more highly
prized by Him than your thanksgiving during those times when you are feeling
joyful because you have just been blessed.
And when you choose to thank Him for His
unfailing love, and His faithfulness to deliver, protect and provide for you
even when you don’t see the blessings yet, before long, you will find yourself
experiencing and enjoying the blessings! So lift your hands and praise the Lord,
for He is good, and His mercy endures forever! (Psalm 106:1)
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