Hello, God. It's me, Mara.

You know, Lord, a quick glance at the large colorful thermometer by the Beauty Shop shows "how the weather is doing", as weather is one thing most folks love to talk about, besides grain prices and grandkids, this thermometer 'sort of' lets you know "how the weather's doing."

While chatting, Joni said, at the beauty shop the other day, conversations about church, café, kids, clothes, were quickly put aside, once the weather of the day and week started to be discussed. We know some of us like it hot, some like it cold, so, whatever degree suits your comfort zone, you will know how the day's weather is unfolding by glancing at that large thermometer. Not everyone has a huge thermometer like that Beauty Shop has, but it is the TALK of that area, right now, for sure, Joni said. "Whoever saw a thermometer like that one? It features a county farmstead, encased in a black plastic frame, looking at that, you almost forget to look at the temperature." They laughed. Loulou asked, - "So girls, are we HOT right now or COLD?"

Joni added, "The other day, just before the end of October, before or after that day, not that it matters, did any of us KNOW what our weather will soon be like?"

Ginger laughed, "Hey, I know. I have arthritis, my painful joints let me know before the weather actually changes, that the weather IS going to change."

Alice quietly said, "Aren't we ALL so glad that our Creator, Father God, knows all about weather, when and how to change it and sometimes gives us warnings. My grandma had part of Genesis 8:22 underlined: '...While the earth remains, Seedtime and harvest, Cold and Heat, Winter and Summer and day and night shall not cease.' Grandma also liked other Bible verses about weather, adding: "Our creator, God KNOWS, trust Him!'"

Love Mara.