WATCH: Oklahoma Family Leaves Tornado Shelter to Find Home Destroyed

“The lord giveth, the lord taketh away.”

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A family sheltering from Monday’s savage tornado that devastated central Oklahoma has posted footage of their first encounter with the carnage waiting outside on YouTube.

The storm can still be scene as a brooding mass of dark cloud in the background as the father picks his way through the broken remnants of his house. “The lord giveth, the lord taketh away,” he poignantly remarks as he surveys the debris and uprooted vegetation surrounding his wrecked home.

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