Thank you all very much for the prayers and encouragement. We do have our power back on now. It came on late Friday night. Please if you feel led to continue to pray there are still thousands with out power here in CT and they do not expect it to be fully restored until Wednesday. For some that will be twelve days with out power or heat. There are many elderly who are really struggling as it gets so cold here at night. There is still a lot of work to be done, trees are still blocking roads and some people lost their homes as huge trees came crashing down on them.
For myself living for seven days with out power or phone service was really a growing experience. On the practical side I have learned a few things on how to live daily with out lights, heat, and refrigeration. Makes me very thankful and appreciative of how people in other countries work so hard to just live daily with out all that we have here in this country. People here at first were panicked because many of the gas stations where not running so we had very long lines at the gas pump and short tempers. There was a sort term run on some of the operating grocery stores but I will say that for the most part people in general were helpful to each other. It does give me moment for pause though, I wonder how these same people(including myself) will behave when things truly are bad for an indefinite period of time.
As I spent time in prayer one of the things I struggled with the most was at night, the complete darkness, it was very unsettling to me. I prayed often, just knowing that the LORD was there with me was such an encouragement to me though. Again I am reminded that only the light of the LORD can truly cut through the darkness in this world. I know the LORD has used this time to really help me grow and rely on HIM. I also learned how really important it is to be ready, to live every day ready and waiting on the LORD. There is not a time when we can allow ourselves to get comfortable with the world around us.
God bless
maryjane
