Cloudy day musings

I am writing today only because it has been a month and I really need to keep up with this thing that I have started. At least, it seems to me like once you begin something you should make every effort to finish it. I need to set a good example for the next generation - insofar as it is up to me, anyway. So, today, it is gloomy and rainy and that really affects my mood. It is so much easier to be thankful and cheery when the sun is shining. Maybe I should be living in California or somewhere where it is sunny more often than it is in South Dakota. I have discussed this with God at great length but have not succeeded in persuading Him that I need more sun! I wonder what He knows that I don't know. Regardless of my mood, though, my list of answered prayers is getting quite long! And that does truly put a smile on my face when I consider it. There are many fervent prayers yet to be answered but I have faith that the answers are on the way.

Tonight at our Ladies' Bible Study we will be studying Leah - the woman with the lovely eyes and a husband who did not love her. I am not the leader so I do not know how it will all be taught but I know for sure that I would rather have a loving husband and nothing else than to have riches and beauty and an unhappy marriage. And, Leah had God to help her and walk alongside her in her hard times. I have that, too, and a loving husband and several good kids besides! So what is all this gloominess and crying out for sunny days? Well, I am only human, you know. Check back with me in May or June and see if I have learned anything from all these April clouds and rain - maybe some flowers are in store?