Storm Preparations
It’s been quite lovely out lately. The ground has dried out, the sun has been shining, and we’ve only had intermittent showers of rain.
Which has made me a little disappointed.
You see, with all the rain we’ve been having, we went through a lot to protect and prepare our home and garden from the next big rain. We’ve added a sump-pump to a leaky room downstairs, and I added a bunch of blessed dirt to a few boxes in the garden. Now, I’d love to make sure these precautions actually work!
So I was pondering today how much this is like our earthly life. We are pummeled with storms which almost break us. We live. We fortify our homes and families and selves for the next deluge. But the deluge doesn’t come right away. Do we continue to prepare and protect? Or do we sit back and relax? Perhaps here is where personal history and journals come in to play. They help us remember what we have fought against, and what we want to keep striving for. Because it is so easy to just enjoy the sunshine, and forget about the storms that once raged.