Well we have had interesting weather lately. Fist of all everything is 3-4 weeks ahead of schedule. The whole season of blooming and harvesting has been moved up it seemed. Then we get a heatwave in June?? Not only a heat wave, but HOT DRY heat??? In Tennessee? Feels like California in September. Very strange. And then the greenest state of all turns brown. No rain, and the springs and creeks are drying up. Old timers tell us they saw this in 1952 and it was bad. Very very strange. I thought politics were getting senseless but now the weather too?? But yesterday we had a storm. Very short lived and we got a bit of rain, but lots of fun dramatic thunder and lightning, I love that stuff, it oozes with a display of God’s power. Then the power went out. Then the phone went out. Then I noticed my cell phone battery was dead. That was kinda creepy. I normally wouldn’t have even noticed but half of my family was off on an important errand. I did however have laptop battery but with no internet because the modem and router require electricity it wasn’t of much use. Or so I thought, then I had a brainstorm and plugged my cell into it to charge my phone to contact all of my beloved peoples š .
then I sat with my 9 yr old and a bowl of ice cream and proceeded to count my blessings, I shall share some with you
- when the electricity is off the sounds of nature are even more beautiful
- the cool breeze that comes before and after a TN storm is especially lovely from a front porch swing
- ice cream is perfectly acceptable for supper when there is no electricity
- I know all those off the grid skills, have been there and done that but bless God I can use them by choice not necessity on most days
- my 9 yr old is even more beautiful when no one else is around and it’s just me and her for the afternoon
- the nearly 100 bales of good free hay that was available on craigslist yesterday at the exact moment I happened to look for hay for sale only to find there was NONE
- the blessing of all my oil lamps ready and waiting when it got dark
- the absolutely wonderful God we serve who loves us so much
- and that the power was fixed at 2 am and my fans came back on š
in all things give thanks
and .. your thoughts?