A Very Rainy Day

October 2, 2026

Some days you just want to stay in bed. The last day of September, Day 6 of our current trip, was one of those days.

Terry brewed his pot of coffee and tried to sit outside in the fresh air to drink it. But the rain started. And didn’t want to stop.

That morning while Terry read, I studied the weather forecast. There was a warmup on the horizon! After a brief discussion about where we wanted to head next, I booked our stops for the next few days. And the rain continued.

For lunch we decided to take advantage of our campground being close enough to a town and ordered Domino’s Pizza delivery. I was so excited! Until it was time for me to walk to the office and meet the delivery driver. . . it was still raining.

That afternoon I did some writing while Terry watched baseball and napped. And it continued to rain.

We only had 3 more episodes of our Netflix series to watch so we decided to knock them out before bedtime. And then the wind began to blow and the van started rocking. And the rain came down so loud we had to turn the volume all the way up to hear our show!

We found out the next morning just up the road Lincoln broke a record that day for daily rainfall, recording just over 6” in a 24-hour period. We were so thankful we were not traveling and that we didn’t experience any leaks.

Psalm 46:1-3, “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.”

Matthew 7:24-25, “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.”

Thank you, Jesus, for being my solid foundation. Amen!