rain

rain, rain, rain!  over the last eight days we have had seven inches of rain - at least according to my rain gauge.  that's a lot of water and the ground is still soggy, and i live on a hill.  but, at least the old basement stayed dry.  it came down slowly and it came down in torrents.  it was at times a quiet drizzle and at times a thunderous, lightning filled outpouring of water.  a couple of the bolts of lightning seemed to strike fairly close, one a few nights ago about 3:30 in the morning.  i won't say i came out of bed standing, but it was close at times.  of course, it was accompanied with flash floods and warnings of flooding.  i'm glad God promised that we wouldn't experience another flood like noah did.