Growing A Spiritually Strong Family
Chapter One
Sink Your Roots
It arrived without warning. I (Dennis) was at work
when I happened to look out the window; the
beautiful blue sky I'd admired minutes earlier was now
filled with ominous black clouds. Soon rain pelted the
ground, followed by a fierce wind that twisted trees at an
impossible angle. Then the tornado siren shrieked. We
scrambled away from our desks and searched for cover;
many of us huddled under a concrete stairwell in the
basement. The radio confirmed our greatest fear-the
tornado was headed our way.
As 120-mph winds shattered windows and shook the
walls, several of us prayed. I thought of my family and
prayed for their safety (I discovered later that the tornado
missed our home by less than three blocks). After five
harrowing minutes, the wind subsided and the sun
returned. We'd survived! Thankfully, no one was hurt.
I stepped ... read full excerpt from Growing a Spiritually Strong Family ebook
