Rain & prayer request

Rain

Today, I listened to the rain.

At first it was blotting

a splat here and a splat there.

The individual drops could be heard

with no particular rhythm.

Then they began to corral their talents 

and work together forming a more

methodical and consistent soft drumming.

As I continued to listen,

each drop, it seemed,

started competing for my attention 

and threw itself down 

from the heavens creating

a voluminous collision of water and earth.

Then as if exhausted from the effort,

the drops softened; 

their strength waned, 

their size became emaciated,

and their music grew fainter and lulled

until at last they were,

all of them, ... quiet.

They left only the moisture of their being

to nourish the foliage

and the memory of their song 

to nourish the soul.

Lightening started 80 fires in Oregon

yesterday & night leading up to it.

One fire fighter is lost~

They just said lost.

I don't know if that means missing

or if it means lost his life.  

My brother went on a fire last night

at 8:30 PM.

It's not him, but please pray

for that missing or lost soul.

Thank you.

Until next time,

Nimble Fingers and Even Stitches