January 24

When I got up this morning, heavy rain was pummeling the roof over my head.

I padded out to the dining room window to take a look at the water level in the pool. It was high, but hadn't overflowed out onto the patio. (It's only done that once and it looked crazy when it did, so I always look out for a repeat of the weirdness.)

And as I always do when it rains, I chuckled to myself and thanked God for the free pool water. 

It's a basic thing, but it's a blessing.