I was just speaking with Geminigypsylady and remembered something from my childhood that I thought was worth sharing with everyone,
When I was young we used to spend two weeks every suumer with Aunt Lucy and Uncle Harpel. Uncle Harpel was a tobacco farmer!! These were good, honest, hard working, God fearing people!! Every Sunday morning, without fail we went to church. One summer eastern North Carolina experienced a very long drought. Some of the area farmers had irrigation sytems, but they were no help as all the ponds dried up! I remember going to church one Sunday back then. Now we are talking about a small country church! On a typical Sunday you may have 15 or 18 people there. On this particular Sunday the church was packed!!!! Now the old preacher was a very wise man, but it did not require the brains of a rocket scientist to figure out what was going on.
That Sunday morning the preacher came out, we sang a few songs (or at least made a joyful noise unto the Lord). Then the preacher came forward and ask "How many of you came here today to pray for rain?" There was some mumbling and most of the folks admitted that was why they were there! The wise old preacher then ask: " How many of you brought an umbrella?" It seemed no one had! The preacher then said " You all can go back home. It will not rain because you have no faith!! "
What ever you need or are looking for in your life today, be prepared to get it. If you are praying for rain, carry an umbrella!!!
Have a great smoke free day all!!
