Floods

Two years after Katrina the destruction still lingers...All summer long we have had floods here in South Texas and the ground is saturated, it only takes a little rain to have to local creeks and rivers outside of their banks once again. A river is a life giving source but when in gets beyond it's banks it becomes destructive.
After some sage advice I have been working on my 'emotional bandwidth'. My intensity level is high and while that is a life giving source much of the time the saturated condition only requires a little moisture for that intensity to become destructive. My focus has been to keep it in the banks of what is beneficial and life giving.
Scripture speaks of the destructiveness of passion that has gone beyond the banks ( the banks referring to the marriage relationship) and that once beyond the banks it becomes destructive.
We all have these areas in our lives that we must monitor and take immediate action...because once the flood waters break the levee they are destructive and can take years to repair...if at all.