Two drowned rats

Oh, I wished you all could have seen the two of us on Thursday, you would have laughed your silly heads off. Why I didn't take a picture of us is beyond me so you'll just have to use your imagination. It was one of those mornings that was gloomy and overcast here on the Island of Maui. We've seen a few few of them in those first 5 days. A day that we relished as having come in from a dry, thirsty, parched, barren Southwest Kansas. Our community has not had a day like this in many moons. Lord, we so desperately need a drink, a long cool drink, would You open the flood gates of Heaven, Lord, and bless us with moisture? Please, Lord?

Can you tell where I'm headed? We decided to drive across the island to dine on fresh fish for our lunch and to slip away for a few hours. We left, excited and our taste buds gearing up for we have a favorite little local diner we enjoy. Jamming to some oldies, watching the whales teach their babies as we drove along on the highway, when God opened up the heavenlies and POURED rain upon us.

We came 3,000 miles prepared for some rain, it always rains a day or two while we are here. Oh, just a minute, there is a whale right here, thank You Father for causing me to glance up. Back to my thoughts and visual this morning. I came with my rain jacket, Bill leaves his here on Maui packed in our box. But for the life of us we did not even THINK to bring our rain slickers with us in the car as we drove out for lunch. As we abandoned our car to make a quick dash for cover, we just weren't quick enough. Oh, Bill and I were soaked, drenched, not a dry spot anywhere on either one of us. It was almost hysterical, if I hadn't been so cold.

Can't we be like that Sisters with the word of God? We just go along in our day to day life, in the midst of the mundane, and leave God behind? He doesn't leave us, we leave Him. I very rarely go anywhere with out the word of God with me. I heard a very well known speaker say once that she never leaves home without her bible. She might need a snack, a morsel of His Word. I'm like that as well yet with total honesty, there are times that I tend to leave Him behind.

Luke 1:16-17 NIV "16Many of the people of Israel will he bring back to the Lord their God. 17And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord."

1 Corinthians 2:9 NIV "However, as it is written: 'No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him'"

2 Timothy 4:2 NIV "Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction."

1 Peter 3:15 NIV "But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect"

Father God, Thank You for the gentle reminders and visuals that You bless me with that speak LIFE into my own life. To encourage me to be PREPARED, to not be lazy or lacking for You have provided all that I need. Lord, may we, together, strive to learn more and love even deeper. In Your Son's Name, Jesus Christ. AMEN.

Lovingly as I reach for Higher Grounds, becoming prepared with God,
Yolanda