We are at the beach. Pensacola Beach, to be precise. We had this week scheduled for our yearly tradition months before anyone knew tarballs would be due to clutter the beachside on our check-in date.
Last night, after working vigorously through the day to load and unload all of the Powerades and Mojo bars and beach towels and other provisions it takes to get our family through a week at the beach, my husband and I rested on the balcony. We had the odd joy of not only watching a thunderstorm roll in, but feeling ourselves in the middle of it. (The truth is, we refused to concede our cigars, so we kept moving around the deck to escape the bits of rain that found us as the wind shifted.) I wish I could make a fancy slideshow w/ IMovie and post it, but, after all, I am at the beach, writing this poolside, where the closest internet access is:)! Instead, I will post a few of the pictures from beginning, middle, and end of the story. My kids always tease me about my propensity to look for and proclaim signs in all sorts of circumstances. But the sign in the next to last photo is undeniable, and, I will remind them happily — BIBLICAL:)!
Let’s keep looking for beauty in darkness:
“And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: 13 I have set cmy bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14 When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds, 15 And I will remember my covenant that is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh. And the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. 16 When the bow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember ethe everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.” 17 God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth.” Genesis 9:12- 17
Gorgeous photos! Melody and I love storms as well. I had no idea that you liked cigars! How cool is that? I look forward to the four of us relaxing somewhere enjoying a cigar or pipe discussing deep issues of the heart!
Traylor
Very cool. We made this discovery on my 35th birthday, when i had a sudden hankering to mark the day by doing something different. My husband and I discovered that smoking cigars requires –a) sitting down b) for at least 45 minutes c) outdoors where the kids won’t necessarily come — voila! The entree into — CONNECTION — long enough space and time to really talk. Now we’re older so we don’t do it as often — hurts my sinuses and his stomach, but we have also enjoyed cigars with our eldest! God’s sweet gifts!