In Coming Blizzard

We knew a big snow storm was headed our way, so I took pictures as it began. Here are a few of those.

You can still see a bit of the grass.
By evening, the snow covered everything.
But the snow still kept coming.
I loved how the snow was blanketing trees & bushes.
It was beautiful!

That night, I helped Scott shovel so that he could get out to go to work. It took us an hour to shovel our driveway. That was 4am, & we already had had a good 12 - 15"! As it turned out, his boss told him not to come in, because unless he had a 4-wheeler, it would be too dangerous.

2010 Blizzard - February 20th

The next morning we awoke to an absolutely breath-taking scene! We ended up with some where around 21" by the time that storm was done! So of course I took plenty of pictures. Here are a few:


The snow was so wet that it stuck to the clothes line. This is why we lost our power. The power lines couldn't handle the weight.

Yes, there is a car buried under there some where. Notice the snow is up to the top of the tires.

These guys are cleaning up an additional 8 - 10" that had fallen since Scott & I shoveled the night before.

The boys having fun!
They had blast all day.

The scene across the hill from us. It looks like a puzzle. As you can see the sun began to come out.

Scott shoveling the front walk. Notice that the snow goes up to his knees & that's the next step down!

Our neighbor's house across the street. It was so pretty when the snow was fresh. I wish it would stay that way!

Our backyard as the sun was setting. It was such an enchanted scene!

Night time was a new experience without electricity. We had to learn to do things by candle light, but at least we had a gas fireplace to keep us warm!

One thing we enjoyed was making hot cocoa & playing board games by candle light. We actually could see especially with the alabaster candles Sarah got us from Egypt! Thanks Sarah!

The Next Day

The beauty of the snow stayed around for quite awhile & the sun made it even prettier.













Here is Bentleyville. People really didn't get out much for a good while. The stores were out of power as well. There were people without electricity up to a week after the blizzard hit.





I headed to Sally's because she had a generator. I needed to charge my cell phone, our only way to communicate. The drive was such a beautiful sight!

This is the other end of my street coming from Fox's Pizza. It was the safest way to come. It had such a surreal feeling driving that day with hardly anyone out. Needless to say, we didn't have church that day. It took trucks from other states to get power to many people. We were blessed to only be out over the weekend!

I hope you enjoyed these pictures as much as I did taking them!

Happy Valentine's Day

The Greatest Love Ever Given!

"But God demonstrated His own love for us is this:
While we were still sinners, Christ died for us!

My Utmost for His Highest

February 12th

Are You Listening to God?

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They said to Moses, ’You speak with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die’ `—Exodus 20:19

We don’t consciously and deliberately disobey God— we simply don’t listen to Him. God has given His commands to us, but we pay no attention to them— not because of willful disobedience, but because we do not truly love and respect Him. "If you love Me, keep My commandments" (John 14:15). Once we realize we have constantly been showing disrespect to God, we will be filled with shame and humiliation for ignoring Him.

"You speak with us, . . . but let not God speak with us . . . ." We show how little love we have for God by preferring to listen to His servants rather than to Him. We like to listen to personal testimonies, but we don’t want God Himself to speak to us. Why are we so terrified for God to speak to us? It is because we know that when God speaks we must either do what He asks or tell Him we will not obey. But if it is simply one of God’s servants speaking to us, we feel obedience is optional, not imperative. We respond by saying, "Well, that’s only your own idea, even though I don’t deny that what you said is probably God’s truth."

Am I constantly humiliating God by ignoring Him, while He lovingly continues to treat me as His child? Once I finally do hear Him, the humiliation I have heaped on Him returns to me. My response then becomes, "Lord, why was I so insensitive and obstinate?" This is always the result once we hear God. But our real delight in finally hearing Him is tempered with the shame we feel for having taken so long to do so.

Last snow fall January 10th

After the last snowfall, right after church we took the "long" way home & went through Mingo Park. I knew it would be pretty there so I took lots of pictures! Here are a few.

The Ebenezer Bridge

Nearby picnic tables
Mingo Creek heading down stream
The Henry Bridge
I hope you enjoyed the pictures as much as I enjoyed taking them.
My next set will be of the recent blizzard.