Faith

The rain is raining…” Kinda a takeoff of another song, but it’s true. Steady rain, and this is supposed to be the beginning of a major water dump tomorrow. Wow! I think the “drought” must be over by now. Just a month ago, we were at over 100% of what was needed, so it looks like more is going to be better. I just want it to stop long enough to get the grass trimmed, the fertilizer and crabgrass/weed killer down and working before it starts up again.

It seemed like everybody was joining “MySpace”, so you can find me there too. Not sure if the blog will move – maybe a different kind of blog. Have to keep those lines of communication open.

Karen had an appointment this morning in San Francisco – just hope that she has a safe drive with all this rain. There used to be times when I absolutely hated driving – days like this were one. Course it was worse when I was driving that little white Chevy Geo. Not much taller than the wheels on an 18-wheeler. At least she has a van, which gets her up higher. To make it worse, the appointment is in downtown S.F. and she gets to drive through all those crazy pedestrians.

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Beautiful clouds in the sky after the rain. Just the kind of day photographers look for to capture a brilliant sunset. Will keep watching before driving down to Point Richmond or the Berkeley Marina to capture that picture. Definitely won’t drive to San Fran and Ocean Beach (today anyhow!). Do remember many years ago, seeing the perfect sky while driving from the mid west back to California. The problem was, that as I drove, the clouds were now to the east of me, ending the perfect sky. They do say that getting the perfect photo is a matter of being in the right place at the right time (like, that was before “PhotoShop”). Hope that happens today…if not, there will be other days.

Still trying to get used to being retired, and it’s hard going back to bed in the morning (have to let Otis the dog out). Most mornings, that’s too much waking up, and just can’t get back to sleep. Getting better though…do get a few mornings with extra winks. Almost like wasting the time God gave me – get something done!

1 Peter 4 kind of ends with a strange verse that is connected to Proverbs. Verse 18 compares how hard it will be for righteous people (check out the word) to be saved and then says based on that, how much more difficult it will be for someone who rejects- Christ. But…verse 19 says that regardless of what happens, God is faithful to His promise to do what he said. Flat out reminds me of 2 Tim 2:13 – “He cannot deny Himself.”