Stemming The Flood

Dear Ones: What comes to mind when one thinks of a flood?  For me, it is the matter of being “overwhelmed.”  It speaks of the destructive power, and authority, of water, to break into, down, and reduce to nothing.  But what about “stemming the flood?”  What comes to mind?  Impossibility?  Powerless?  Helplessness?  If we were…