Weather is unpredictable. My husband always says, “If you don’t like the weather, just wait 5 minutes, it will change." I often remember times when we would drive out of the rain or into the rain. There was once a day that we went swimming, in which it rained on half of the pool while we swam, and not the other half. A few times it rained in our backyard and not in the front yard. Those were the days I loved to pull out my shampoo and conditioner and walked towards the backyard sticking my head through and lathered  up, conditioning and then rinsing.


My favorite days of all were the days that we had a major downpour. We had a wooded valley in our yard which would flood and create a temporary pond. I would blow up a little inflatable boat grab a stick to maneuver the boat through the area, my imaginary bayou. As I would manipulate my boat through, watching snakes as they would swim by, I would feel such a calm admiring my surroundings. God’s creations!

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I find it amazing when I think how such a simple activity could be so memorable. One of my favorite memories of my childhood. 


Psalm 145:5 -- “On the glorious splendor of your majesty, and on your wondrous works, I will meditate.”


Job 12:7-10 -- “heavens, and they will tell you; or the bushes of the earth, and they will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare to you. Who among all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this? In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind.”


Ecclesiastes 3:11 -- “He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.”