We’ve had the strangest weather here the past week or so. Supposedly we’re well into springtime, but it keeps snowing here in the Seattle/Tacoma/Puget Sound area. Not just an occasional flake mixed in with hail or rain, but SNOWING … sticking on the ground snow, huge beautiful flakes.
Our local weatherman said on the news over the weekend, “If you want warm Spring weather, go anywhere besides the Pacific Northwest.” So I’m assuming everyone who lives elsewhere and is reading this is probably thinking, “Snow? In late April? Oh, I don’t think so.”
I’ll definitely be ready for real spring weather when it arrives this year. Assuming, of course, that it’s actually going to head our direction this year. lol 
I have a quick prayer request for you all. I’m facing a bit of an urgent crisis at the moment (can’t go into details, sorry), but I’d really appreciate prayer that this would resolve itself as quickly as possible.
I’ve been feeling for a couple of weeks like I’ve been walking around telling myself to “stay calm, stay calm.” But since it’s a crisis with a deadline when things actually become more than just a crisis (yes, things can get worse), I’ve found that as that deadline gets closer (well, actually, it’s here now), I’m finding myself so “un-calm”, I can hardly breathe today.
I’ve been practicing my own prayer message from the other day … and it helps. But it’s one of those times when God needs to reach out and do something NOW or … or … oh, gosh, I don’t even want to think about what the “or” could mean.
Actually, there are several looming crisis areas about to crash in on me (some things happening with my husband’s health and lifestyle choices, some other things too painful to talk about, and just some general “stuff” that’s rearing it’s ugly head). I guess it’s that old thing about when it rains, it pours.
For the lyrics to the song that’s been living in my head all day today, go to my post from a couple of months ago: ”Praise You In This Storm.”
Debi,
I will definitely be in prayer for you today. I blogged about faith vs. fear today, so this type of thing has been on my heart. I hope that you will have peace in your life soon.
(I love that Casting Crowns song too)
I love that Casting Crowns Song…it helped me through some very difficult situations.
Good post about prayer. Thanks.
I’ll be praying for you and your family. I’m amazed at how blogging has introduced me to so many new people and that I am praying for people I’ve never met but ‘know’ them.
Praying. You know, it occurred to me after I walked away from the computer today that I misspoke about just who was suffering in your circumstances.
It is very different in our case- my dad is utterly estranged from one of his children (who won’t even refer to him as anythng other than ‘the old guy’ when talking to me), only just on speaking terms with another, and I live next door and we are not at all close.
Praying, praying, praying.