As I watched the storm in my back yard from the sliding glass doors, I wanted to write down the scenes from Hurricane Irene. It’s a bit of a mess out there!
One lone bird wobbles sideways in flight–
Glad to see what it couldn’t last night.
One lone tree, horizontal and torn,
Sorry friends hover over and mourn.
One lone wind lifts the leaves from their crown–
Rain reacts, dashes all of them down.
One lone storm tosses earth to the sky,
Threatens us, “You are all going to die!”
One lone soul Singing “Goodnight Irene”,
Bids farewell to a terrible scene.
By C. Hope Flinchbaugh, watching Hurricane Irene in Pennsylvania
Did you see Hurricane Irene? Tell us about it–and be sure to include what state you are from!
Here are the plain horse facts: we got some wind and rain here in central PA in the Susquehanna Valley over the last 24 hours. In church this morning, we had just started at 9:30 and the power went out. Except for my not being able to play the organ and having no lights to see our Bibles and hymn books very well, we proceeded with S. school and the morning service. We will meet tonight with or without power. If no power, we’ll all bring flashlights. 🙂
Marsha
http://www.marshahubler.wordpress.com
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Love that determination, Marsha! We are capable of meeting in church without electrical power–or God’s power for that matter. Happy are the people that have both!
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One lone reader praises God for a writer with vision.
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Thanks, Jo Ann! Love your vision, too. Quietly you work for hours pulling together his platform, his message–the cross to a cross-culture.
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