Yesterday at 6:15am I checked the thermometer in the kitchen – 18 degrees outside.   That’s not so bad, I said as I went outside to clean off the driveway with broom and shovel.  The sky was blue with puffy clouds and the sun was getting ready to rise.

At 7:30am I was driving east down Mt hope toward the mall, and big grey-blue clouds were on the horizon, with the sun behind them and blue sky on this side.  It was quite pretty.  But, I looked at the care temperature: 10 degrees.  That was unexpected.  I looked again.  Then I looked up to notice the clouds had moved dramatically to the south and are being pushed very quickly.  Wind coming from the North, so I looked that way. Yikes! A huge wall of dark, dark clouds was just waiting to dump. 

While we walked at the mall, there were whiteout conditions outside.  At 8:15am while driving home on Mt Hope, the snow had abated but the temperature said 6 degrees.  And the outdoor thermometer at home confirmed it.

This morning, the last I looked, at 7:30am, we have negative 10 degrees!

I am thankful for a warm house, cars that work, and a God who is in charge of clouds, snow, and everything else!