Day 43 - Fire

We have been aware of the wildfires.  They are burning in several of the places that we visited in CO:  Colorado Springs, Boulder, Estes Park.  We haven't had TV so we haven't seen any footage.  We have only heard reports on news radio.  Today we are finally at a campground (in Beatty, NV) with internet, so we have had some time to search on-line a bit.  We discovered that the Flying W Ranch burned to the ground.  Our evening there is one of the highlights of our trip!  That is where Brad made friends with the Flying W Wranglers.  That is where I went in high school with my choir.  That makes the fires real.  I know there are people who have lost their homes, which is even more devastating.  Our prayers are with all those struggling and suffering because of the fires . . . in NV, CO, CA, UT and anywhere else.


Feel free to keep us posted if you think we might be headed to an area that we shouldn't.  I read of a campground in CA that was evacuated.  It is so hot and dry everywhere.

“Gratitude” by Nicole Nordeman

Send some rain, would You send some rain

'Cause the earth is dry and needs to drink again

And the sun is high and we are sinking in the shade.

Would You send a cloud, thunder long and loud

Let the sky grow black and send some mercy down

Surely You can see that we are thirsty and afraid

But maybe not, not today

Maybe You'll provide in other ways

And if that's the case . . .

We'll give thanks to You
 with gratitude


For lessons learned in how to thirst for You


How to bless the very sun that warms our face


If You never send us rain

Daily bread, give us daily bread


Bless our bodies, keep our children fed


Fill our cups, then fill them up again tonight


Wrap us up and warm us through


Tucked away beneath our sturdy roofs


Let us slumber safe from danger's view this time


Or maybe not, not today


Maybe You'll provide in other ways


And if that's the case . . .

We'll give thanks to You
 with gratitude 


A lesson learned to hunger after You


That a starry sky offers a better view if no roof is overhead

And if we never taste that bread

Oh, the differences that often are between


What we want and what we really need

So grant us peace, Jesus, grant us peace


Move our hearts to hear a single beat


Between alibis and enemies tonight


Or maybe not, not today


Peace might be another world away


And if that's the case . . .

We'll give thanks to You
 with gratitude


For lessons learned in how to trust in You


That we are blessed beyond what we could ever dream


In abundance or in need


And if You never grant us peace

But Jesus, would You please . . .