Peaceful Day

Today was beautiful!   The sun shone warmly all day and even the gentle breeze, that blew for a while this afternoon, was semi-cool.   As the day wore to an end, the stillness of the evening brough a restful quietness to the countryside.  After all these rainy, chilly days, it was so very refreshing.  

This afternoon, Chris and Kathleen discovered that we do not have one frog in the pond...there are at least five!!  I thought, from listening to the croaking, that I could hear another frog there--but five!?!  I don't know where all the other frogs came from!  We know we had ONE frog hopping around when we laid sod last year.   Kat, Andy and Chris are making plans for the pond...it will be exciting to see what they end up doing. 

Hopefully tomorrow will be another day like today.  I look forward to getting as far as possible on the mowing, before the rain returns.   God is good.  He is our Comfort and our Peace.

The Water is Rising

Christopher took some pictures of the Marias River on our way home today.  It is now almost up to the Interstate!

All the streams in Montana are overflowing; and, rivers are going over their banks and flooding homes and roadways.   As we came down, we tried to see if there was still snow in the mountains, and I am sure there is, but we could not see it for the  cloud  cover.   Tomorrow it is forecasted to be sunny, followed by rain on Saturday and Sunday.

If there is anything that tells man he is not in control, it is when the forces of nature become disasters.   Man, in all his worldly wisdom, cannot stop it.  To a degree, we can protect ourselves from its ravages, but we cannot stop it, or even turn it aside.   At what point, will man turn to God for help?

  

Summer vacation starts!

My grandson has arrived for the summer!  Yea!   It is the official start of summer for us.   It is so hard to keep track of the years, however, Christopher turned two on 9/11/01, so as long as I still have the ability to add or subtract, I will be able to figure out his age.  This year he will turn 12 and NEXT year he will be a teenager!!    In California, my youngest granddaughter, born on her grandfather's birthday, is celebrating her 8th birthday! 

Time does not stop for anyone and there are so many things I wish I had taught MY children, but never made the time to teach them.  One day I woke up, mentally, and realized they had left; they had started their own lives, and it was now too late.    But, that is not the end of the story.  We have a Savior!!!   With Him, there is no time, no boundaries, no impossibilities.  He opens doors we could never have dreamed of, and He has opened doors for me and my children.      My God, My Lord, My Hope! I commit all to His Hands.   What glory is there if I am saved and those I love are lost??