We always say we need to be thankful. Even thankful for the small things.
Last Sunday it started snowing in my town. By Monday morning we had over a foot and couldn't get to work. We'd lost power and water but we hunkered down to wait out the storm.
Tuesday brought even more snow. Our town was practically shut down. We were still out of power and were running low on water. Without boots we couldn't even get out of our house hardly because the snow drifts were so high. The family of my roommates made it to us and were able to bring us extra blankets and a camping stove so we could at least make some hot water. They also took us to the store to stock up on supplies.
Wednesday brought some more snow but not nearly as much. We still couldn't get to work but at least we were able to get around some with the the help of my roommates brother driving an SUV. Plus a couple from our church graciously let us come take showers at their house And fill our water jugs. And blessedly our power came back on that afternoon. But we still had no running water.
Finally Thursday we made it to work, again someone had to drive us because our cars were still buried. Then my roommates family came to the rescue again and used their tractor to dig out our cars and plow our driveway that afternoon. And our water came back on!
Finally Friday we were able to pay forward the blessing by letting my family come over and get hot showers. Saturday will be the same thing for my roommates family.
Lights. Water. Heat. These are things we take for granted nearly every day but they are not small blessings. If there's one thing this crazy snow storm has taught us it's about kindness of others and the blessings we take for granted.
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