Seize the Hope in the Fog

...is it STILL windy?? Golly! This last weekend the wind gusted quite a bit and I thought...is it ever going to end?? We had some wild wind gusts this weekend. In fact, last week it took off a 'corner' board off from the front of our house after it had been dangling back and forth in front of my sister's window. It landed on the porch roof and was found the next day on the ground on the side of the house. This winter has been WILD in weather. First, we had the snow and ice, next was all the flooding in the region ( I think WA residents are still cleaning up after that), and now this wind that has knocked down trees and carports have fallen in all over the place. I just hope that no one has gotten hurt in all this.
Oh, last week, it was also FOGgy. I could not believe how foggy it was last Tuesday night when I was coming home from Bible Study. An analogy was made at study about knowing that Jesus, who is our Hope, is there and will always be there where we know He will be. We're on the highway and we know where the church is off the highway but we can't see it because it is so foggy BUT we know it's there. That's how we should think about Jesus...He's always there.
Someone close to me thought she was dreaming when she was taken by ambulance to the ER last week. She had had a seizure in the store. Thank the Lord she was there and not in the car driving!!! She is okay now but sore from how she fell and goes in tomorrow for an EEG and Thursday for a MRI. I have been taking her to work in the mornings until she is allowed to drive again.
Work has been going okay. Payroll was last week and we sent if off Tuesday about 4ish which I think is the earliest we have sent it since the merger. Bible study has been good the last couple weeks...especially last week when it was on Romans 5. I really liked that lesson. The sermon this weekend was on 2 Cor 6 and then in Mosaic we had a planning meeting of what we want to do this year in our group. We at least figured out the first three months or so. Alyssa's team won their game yesterday, 45-29.
Last but not least for today was a historical day for the country. Inauguration Day for President-elect Obama was sworn into Presidency as the 44th President of the USA. I just saw his speech as they showed it on the 10 o'clock news again. He and the other leaders of the country are going to need lots of prayers during their time in office.