He hears my cries and saves me!

Recently there were many stories and news about floods in all parts of the world. There were even a few 'flash floods' in Singapore. The last time I experienced a flood was more than 40 years ago, so I have forgotten about the horrors and fears of a sudden encounter of a flood.

During a recent cell group meeting, two of us who were staying in the western part of Singapore were discussing about this topic. We were so grateful that we were not affected by the floods and were 'rejoicing'. Just then a sister living in the Bukit Timah area came in and heard what we were talking. She told us that she was in the recent flood and it gave her a very great fright, but she prayed very hard and the Lord helped her. The condo she was living in was flooded and the alarm went off. The men in the house were not around at the time, and so she went down to the carpark with her daughter to try to get the car out of the carpark which was in the basement. But everyone was also trying to do just that. So she was stuck there, but very soon the rain water just gushed in. When it seemed like no way out, she could not open the car door nor moved forward, she could only pray to God. Suddenly there was an open space on an upper ground for her to move her car to - just enough space and just in time. She was so thankful to God. When she retold the story, something happened to my heart. I somehow could feel the fear of drowning - I once was also caught in a flood (the water level went up to the windows) and there was once I almost drowned in the pool. That day we almost cried, but we were all so thankful to God that He kept us safe - for His purpose. Hallelujah! All glory to God.