THE MIRACLE OF WATER
Lady of Light
June 23, 2014
After viewing Tommy Christopher's film of the White House in Washington, DC, I was curious to know more about The Bill that was being signed by President Obama.
HR 3080 is primarily about WATER and flood prevention. I must confess that water is something that has always fascinated me-- 60% of our body is made up of water, and when we go back to the book of Genesis in the bible, we can also note that during Creation (Genesis, Chapter One), water covered the earth and was divided and separated to make land and sea:
1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters....6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
In terms of what to do about flooding, there was no way to prevent it, but God spoke directly to Noah about this and warned him of the coming rain. Not only that, but Noah was also given specific instructions about what to do to preserve the animals, live creatures and his family during the duration of the storm and flood.
In those days, there were no scientists to determine or show how high the waters would rise or how to measure so it would be possible to know how much the waters would recede so that the ark could be opened. Noah was again specifically instructed to release a dove from the ark and when the dove would return with an olive branch in its mouth, that would be the sign that the waters were receding and there would be land.
There were no laws or bible to cover this experience back then, but one thing Noah and the modern world have in common is that when it rains, the consequences must be dealt with, and because we now have a boy of scientific knowledge, some preventative measures can be incorporated into our laws to guide us in how to minimize the damages.
H.R. 3080 consists of Amendments to increase the amount of funds given to projects of flood damage prevention in the River Harbor Act of 1960 and 1968, and the Flood Control Act of 1948, to name a few.
What are some of the benefits of H. R. 3080?
Tommy Christopher wisely stated that as a result of the increase in funding for various projects,, more jobs would be created and the infrastructure of our country would be strengthened.
It was also the miracle of the "parting of the Red Sea" in the bible that saved the lives of the Jewish people and drowned their enemy, Pharoh's Army.
They didn't need an H. R. 3080 Bill to get things done in those days!
