Hellfire and Floods.

 Hellfire and Floods.

 

Tonight the font is too small for my iddy-biddy eyesight. So, here’s to size 24 fonts to be reduced before posting.

 

Called my friend Carla Beard in Connersville, Indiana, to check on her as they are beginning to flood on the river that goes through her area. She feels pretty safe on her hill above Grand Avenue, but one lady with a 19-month-old baby just a block over is feeling pretty desperate. The Walmart has told folks to bring their stuff and park in their parking lot. Praise God! Here they are watching trees snapped in half by flood waters and we sit here at 105 to 115 degrees heat. Explained to Carla that turning on the cold water means it will be hot because the ground is hot so deep that the pipes are too hot to let cold water do anything except get hotter. And we need rain desperately. So far have not seen any water restrictions posted, but that won’t be too long coming. Maybe September will bring rain and cooler temps.

 

Went to Bible study today and enjoyed what we heard. We always manage to get off topic just a bit, and yes, the old woman is as guilty as charged for causing some of that. Even so, Pastor Hayes is using a commentary on the book of John that helps a bit for understanding the times and what was considered acceptable back then—or at least that is my take on what he has read to us. Commentaries do seem to help when someone has taken the time to discern the differences in words from the Hebrew to what we read today.

 

Let the water run on my crepe myrtle again today and then filled up the stock tank next to the deck. It is hard to believe that the stock tank (a metal tank about like a bathtub) can lose as much water as it does from evaporation! Yes, the dogs drink out of it as well, but surely not two- or three-inches worth of water would go in two days! The flowers out front desperately needed water and the vines given to me by Brenda Jones looked droopy. Just needed more water. Poor little things!

 

The man came today and knocked down wasp nests and sprayed again. Can just bet that the influx of bugs will start again. Yuck! Need to clean the house, but Julian said that Maria would be going to Mexico for ten days this next week, so if cleaning gets done, the old woman will have to be the one to do it.

 

Have some ideas for a chicken pot pie that requires the oven to be lit. No, not yet. It will wait until November when it will be cool enough to light the oven. Sigh. If it were cooked in the microwave, the crust would not brown, and what’s a chicken pot pie without a brown crust?! Oh well. Tuna salad will do for now! Just may include bell peppers in it instead of celery.

 

Got a 35-pound bag of dog food the other day, and even the delivery guy felt it was heavy! Will take out the bag that is in the big bin in the kitchen and drag the new bag into the room before trying to put it in there still inside the bag. It gets yucky if poured into the bin, so it stays in the bag until it is used up or at least down to about five-pounds before the bag is cut down to hold what’s left. This sounds complicated, but it is the sort of thing that makes me have to think to keep from picking up something that is heavier than what is recommended for my situation. Can remember tossing a bale of hay easily, and now just the simplest of things causes extra consideration. Old age is definitely not for sissies!

 

Reading about the firefighters that have been killed lately fighting these fires is about enough to make a person sick. Their families need our prayers. Here we are with flooding in one area and fires consuming hundreds of acres of land and homes in another area! Crazy weather and situations. Let us ask God to help us understand what we need to do to protect ourselves from these disasters. May He forgive us and direct us in the way we need to go.

 

Then there are more earthquakes and cities destroyed in South America. Yes, we know that earthquakes are not so very uncommon, but it makes me think of the scripture where it talks about the various catastrophes that will occur before the end comes. May we all ask forgiveness of our sins and look to God for guidance.

 

One of the things that startled me recently was some comments from a couple of people about having their picture taken. The way the world is now, cameras are everywhere—not just in the hands of those around us. When stepping inside of my local savings and loan, my picture is taken immediately. No flash, no comment, just a quick picture—just in case. It doesn’t bother me. But what can artificial intelligence do with all these pictures if someone took a notion to use those pictures for whatever? We have no idea what life is going to be like in a very few years—especially with the introduction of AI. Nothing is going to be really private any longer. But our thoughts may not—for the time being—be seen or heard unless we voice them. So be it.

 

Not to end this post with paranoia, but let us trust God to help us keep our thoughts on Him and His word. We KNOW we can trust God.

 

Rest well, my friends. You are loved.