“Country Folks Pray for Rain”
What clouds and thunder gather;
Skies are threat’ning and gray.
But the rain falls elsewhere:
None comes here today.
“Possible showers,” the ‘weatherman’ says.
“Summer storms are passing through.”
But still my lawn is parched and dry
And flowers are withered, too.
I remember how we met to pray
For rain when crops were failing.
Some faithful believers took umbrellas to church,
And expected hard rains, even hailing.
We were rewarded for our prayers:
Such a rain as we’d never seen!
Crops soaked the moisture quickly,
Soon fields were verdant and green.
And when the harvest time came,
Food yields, enough for all.
A reminder that when we ask Him
God hears and answers our call.
—Ethelene Dyer Jones
We’ve had sufficient rain this summer. I know a lot of you haven’t had near enough rain and others have had way too much! Summer gardening woes, wildfires, and dry waterways always make me wish we could move rain around like a playing piece on a game board.
Last night’s video: Exuberance in July – Garden Gone Wild || Mountain Garden Tour.
Tipper
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