Joy

It was pretty stormy over the weekend.  I understand a pretty bad storm came through Saturday morning.  I was down in Sturbridge, MA at the Synod Assembly so I missed that storm although we did have some storms pass through down there.

Yesterday was stormy as well.  We had a thunderstorm in the afternoon with high winds and really heavy downpours.  Of course, I picked that particular moment to go to the laundry room to get my clothes.  I was laughing at myself the whole time.  I don’t know why but getting absolutely soaked by the rain made me laugh out loud.  I did cover the basket of clothes with some wet clothes that I hang to dry so my dry clothes stayed dry, but I was pretty wet by the time I came in out of the rain.  I think it made me laugh because it was pointless but exciting at the same time.  I could have waited for the rain to stop but I like storms and being out in it was exhilarating.

Anyway, I woke up this morning and rolled over in bed to look out the window.  It is just utterly and completely beautiful outside!  The sky is clear, the sun is shining and all the colors of the trees and grass and flowers are just bursting with brilliant beauty!  All I could think about is this: Joy comes in the morning!