Genesis 50:20King James Version (KJV)

20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

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Evil may have came against your family, but God protected them. ((hugs)) dear edr.. I'm so sorry this happened but so glad your family came out safe. The rest can be rebuilt. (hugs) dear one

God loves you and your family and He really is in control. Try to step back and take a deep breath in that His Ways are Not our Ways. I am learning that He really has a much bigger picture than we can even think or dream up and as someone said in the Bible Study yesterday i went to that "Its not about me". Its ALL ABOUT HIM. Im so glad everyone is safe and sound. Hugs to you tonight

God doesn't do bad things to people; bad things happen in this world, but God is there to bless you out of a bad situation. The fact they got out safe is evident of that. So glad you could be there for them.

So thankful that your family was safe. God can work through these very difficult situations for good. We pray for all of you.

Edr, It sounds as if you are just at the end of your tether!! Emotions run high during traumas like this and a while after too. So hard to see things with a clear perspective when we are in the thick of it. We react and then are just too mentally overcome to think and digest it all in the early hours...rest and give yourself some time to digest and reflect...then remember this one most important thing....God did not do this!!! Remember Job and remember who really brings us harm...and then stomp on his tail good by finding all you can in this horrible situation to rejoice about, to be thankful for, and then praise the Lord so much the devil regrets he did this!!

Prayers and heartfelt sympathy to all of you and my Praise to the Lord that He kept you all safe!

I am so heartbroken,my emotions are very high,i dont even know what day it is,they didnt even ask if they could stay with us cause they know we are not going to put up with there attitudes,and they wont be able to do what they want we have rules,im so mentally tired,i cant even think straight.thank you all for your support

I'm so sorry edr. Maybe God is using this to soften their hearts.
(hugs)

An excellent book is "Why bad things happen to good people" Unfortunately we are not puppets regulated by God. We have choices to make - free will. Some times God uses the bad things in our lives to bring some good into our lives. It's wonderful how He can do that. But he doesn't choose a person and punish them with illness, hurt or other bad things. These things are all part of life here on earth. We pray to God, The Great Comforter and He may draw even closer and give us things we never expected from the ashes can come good. Be ye of faith. This too shall pass. Things can be replaced but the main thing is that they all made it out without injury and for that I praise and thank God. Prayers and hugs

Thankyou all, my son and dil seem alittle more together today,her mother is coming from virgina to give a hand with the kids its just to much me and dh cant physcally do it everyday,i feel like i have been hit with a mack truck.They were talking to us and said this has made them realize what is important and they want to get back to the way wewere before.So we shall see we will still have our wall up.

God is already working through a difficult situation. Stay strong and rest in Him. Taking one day at a time is always best for all of us.

Dear edr, sometimes it takes tragedy to mature our children and make them understand how precious life is. Pray God works this out for your good.

Understand the need for the wall Edr!! But would hate to see you too guarded and scare them off at a time of their greatest need....as I know you would be broken hearted if that happened. Maybe a better way of looking at this would be "cautious"...walls are hard to go through or get over....but we all know how to proceed with caution...which suggests a forward movement???

My DH and I heard a joke once about someone that died and when they got to heaven they just gave the Lord the dickens because He did not answer their prayers....Well the joke continues with the Lord telling them that when they were up on their roof, while the waters were rising higher and higher around their house, that He sent them first a log floating by, then a boat, then a helicopter and they waved them all off and did not take the help He sent them...so it wasn't His fault that they drowned.

Ever since hearing that joke, my DH and I have had to sometimes remind ourselves when we put the wall up too high so that we fear to trust what we are seeing is the answer we prayed for and trust that Lord is in it, that perhaps the Lord is sending us a boat and we need to just trust and get in it.

The tragic truth is that as long as we put up walls with people who have hurt us, that the bigger problem we have is that our trust in God has been damaged too!

I must confess Edr that I have had the same walls up too, especially with my DIL's! I have promised myself that I will never let them close to me again! But I know that I also don't want my sons to leave their wives, so if I want my sons back, I am going to have to take the walls down with the DIL's or there will never be hope of a reconciliation. I sometimes think that the reason I don't have my ES back yet, is because God is waiting for me to be ok with the DIL's again...not the other way around--->>>that the DIL's aren't grown enough in the Lord to get along with me!!

We're all hoping with all of our hearts that this is the real deal for you Edr...you see it gives us so much hope to see one of us have a reconciliation...so we're all doing our best to encourage and support you as the Lord leads us...Heavenly Father, show Edr your will here and give her courage to do what You ask of her...In Jesus Name, Amen!

Well my good friends it didnt last long,the smart attitudes have already started they got all information from insurance company they almost just told us its non of our buisness.We handed over 500.00 my sister 300.00 and insurance money and i am glad cause now they wont be asking for money from us.They are renting car and going to get her momin virginia.They said the best help is to take care gs and ican understand to certain point.They are in hotel until end of month and theninsurance will place them in a house until house is built.We were never invited in there home before fire but they invited us to come in the home today.I cried saw gs things,broke myheart.We will just go back to the way we were continue to pick gs up and stay in contact with son.Our feelings are hurt hope it doesnt sound childish

As the Bible says, A little child shall lead them. One day God may use this precious gs who is on your life to bring about good things. God bless you.

I found that book, "Why Bad Things Happen to Good People" so helpful and reassuring when my brother died, whyonlychild, that I only read half of it before I was comforted.

Edr, that is very traumatic for everyone. I want you to recognize that, and take especially good care of yourself. Love yourself as God does, and lay your burdens down at his feet. Everyone is safe! Be very good to yourself in the good life God has given you. I promise you that will help things with your son in the long run better than anything else you could do.