Rain, Rain, and More Rain

Well, for those of you not following the weather in NE Mississippi, I can summarize what it's been like with one word, and you might be able to guess what it is from this post's title:  RAIN.  haha!

It is truly a blessing from the Lord because everything here was SO incredibly dry last week, so even though we are a little wet, we are rejoicing in God's provision, since He alone is able to control this gift.

For the past few days, there has been 3-6 hours of steady, ground-soaking rain each day.  Today though, there was about 4 hours of heavy rain.  Not like the torrential rain where your windshield wipers can't possibly keep up, but just a heavy rain.  However, since we have been getting so much rain already, the ground is saturated, and this heavy rain caused a bit of flash flooding today near our house.

Enoch and I were home playing/cleaning, and around lunchtime, he started getting fussy for his 2nd nap, so I brought him into the laundry room to grab a clean diaper.  As we walked past the kitchen window, I glanced over and saw this:

The creek had taken over our back yard!!

So I went outside and assessed the situation.  Let's just say that at first I was a little nervous.  After a few minutes of looking though and realizing that we were still about 1' above the current water height, I got a little less worried and just enjoyed observing the amazing power of water.

This is our side yard

This was where the water wasn't draining at all in the front of the house.  Thankfully though the house's foundation was still 5" above the water (it's a little higher than the porch).

Here's a video to show how fast the water was moving from the side of our house to the back:




One other highlight of the rain was that Enoch and I both got great afternoon naps!  Mine was 1.5 hrs, and his was a little over 2!!  :)  And in case you were wondering, the rain slowed down a lot this afternoon, and the flooding is no where near as high as it was earlier.  :)