Summer Fun!!

Oh what to do on a rainy summer day.. ??  It seems that every afternoon this week we've managed to get a bit of a thunder shower.  Annagrace had a couple of friends over today,  we were planning an afternoon trip to the pool...... well the clouds rolled in, and what did I have on my hands... 3 young ladies...."we're bored"....... Watching it rain for a bit, noticing that we didn't have any thunder or lightening.... They come to me, "Can we go outside and play on the slip and slide, it's not thundering or lightening."... Sure go for it....  Well I take a peep outside looking for the girls on the slip and slide, so I could send Nathan out for a while. Well they aren't on the slip and slide!  I look out the back window and they've found the mud!!   They started their fun in the mud!  Well it just happens that the mud is on a bit of an incline.  It was quite funny watching them try and climb the hill in the mud!!  I grabbed my phone and snapped a few shots of them in the mud!  They all had a great time as the rain came down while they splatted in the mud!  When the rain stopped, they made their way to the slip and slide to "clean the mud off"!  The joys of being a child!  Playing in the rain and mud, what a carefree way to spend a rainy summer afternoon!! 

While writing this, it reminded me of how in life sometimes, all we can see is the rain and the storm.  Sometimes even in the middle of the storms of life, we need to find the mud and stop and enjoy the moment!  Knowing how God loves us and wants us to be joyful.  Sometimes in life we have a hard time finding joy!   A challenge to myself and others; Where is your joy?  Is life hard right now, are there somethings in life that seem really difficult?  Are you feeling alone?  What storm are you walking in right now?  Take a moment and look for that little mud pile!!  Sometimes we do have to let go and be childlike in some ways!!  A favorite verse comes to mind... "The joy of the Lord is my strength" Nehemiah 8:10... So maybe we need to muster up some strength to make it through our storm!!  Oh.... where is that mud?