Today == Sunday, 20 January 2019 with an update, positive in fact

Come on Spring!!!
Had about a foot of snow overnight.  When I went outside, the snow was piled on the stoop above the lower edge of the door.  That's a LOT of snow!!  Still getting some, a little while ago.  Dear next-door nephew-in-law came through earlier with a snowblower and got our drive, a little bit between the porch and the chariot, and a path between the houses.  I've been out a few times with a shovel and cleared more, and also got some of the snow drifts off the car and got the doors unfrozen enough to gain entry should that be needed.  That part is good.  What's not so good is that we have now evidently at least one frozen pipe, the cold water to the kitchen sink.  Hot water is good, and cold water to the bathroom sink is good.  So, we shall see.
We have water!!  in the kitchen sink, the cold water, I mean.  Yours Truly crawled into the crawl space beneath our hovel, dragging one of those small electric space heater things with him, plugged it into the same extension cord that the brooder lamp uses, and got it going.  And, within the hour, we heard water running in the sink.  So, in just a few moments, Yours Truly will now "do" the dishes that I foolishly let pile up today.  No work on Sunday seems to have gone by the wayside today.  So we have something positive here.  Now, if the advent of Spring could also advance, and quickly at that.  Unfortunately, the weather casters are saying we'll be barely above zero tonight and probably below that tomorrow night.  But might actually get above freezing on Wednesday, an all too brief respite from the Frost Giants.

Wife is planning to call the eye doctor first thing and beg off from the 11:00 appointment tomorrow, it's really not a doable thing.  So, we're inside, warm, and just had a very very late lunch.  We've been through far worse:  it was just last year that we had NO water at all anywhere in the house, having me haul 5-gallon buckets of it from next door just to flush toilets, etc. For a couple of weeks at that. This is better.

Friends from around our former home in central Alabama have been showing photos of the damage resulting from a tornado that went right through the center of Wetumpka, Alabama  yesterday.  Damage included utter destruction of the 163-year-old Presbyterian church there and significant damage  to the 1st Baptist church.  As well as severe damage to the bridge across the Coosa River there.  That is a historically significant bridge as well as one receiving a lot of traffic, that's called the Bibb Bridge, and was the start point for the "March on Selma" that was a big event in the Civil Rights movement in the area.  We lived not far from that area before our most recent relocation, and have many friends and former co-workers in that town.





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Joseph went through some pretty "interesting" stuff.  Not for some evil he'd done, though one suspects that he wondered about it more than once.  But, as we shall see, through this the Lord accomplished some things that are remembered to this very day.


Genesis 39

1And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmaelites, which had brought him down thither.

2And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

3And his master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord made all that he did to prosper in his hand.

4And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.

5And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the Lordblessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the Lord was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.

6And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured.

7And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.

8But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;

9There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

10And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.

11And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within.

12And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.

13And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,

14That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:

15And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out.

16And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.

17And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me:

18And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out.

19And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled.

20And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.

21But the Lord was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

22And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it.

23The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the Lord was with him, and that which he did, the Lord made it to prosper.

Genesis 40

1And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.

2And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.

3And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.

4And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.

5And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.

6And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad.

7And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?

8And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.

9And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;

10And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:

11And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.

12And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:

13Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.

14But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:

15For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.

16When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head:

17And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.

18And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:

19Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.

20And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.

21And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:

22But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.

23Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.