The 31 Day of Writing Challenge continues. It’s Day 29 of my 31 Days of Gratitude 2015.
I’m linking up with Micaela for Theme Thursday: Silhouette.
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Two days ago I woke up to find that there was no electricity, for the second time is just over a week. If you happen to send your children to a traditional school, you know how crazy the mornings can be to get everyone up, fed, lunches made, kids dressed and backpacks packed. It’s tough on a normal day, let alone one with no elecricity. I was freaking out a little as I scrambled with a flashlight and made breakfast without opening the fridge – peanut butter sandwiches and apple slices, kids.
As we ate breakfast, we waited for the sun to rise and give us a little light.
Andrew called me over to look at the pink sky. We all ran out on the deck in our pj’s and I grabbed my camera to take a few shots. Despite the chill of the morning, there was a calming warmth as the light spread and you felt like no matter how dark it may seem, God’s light will always penetrate and break the darkness. We went back into the house and a few minutes later, power was restored. Hooray! We quickly got ready and made it out the door in record time.
For that moment of seeing God’s beauty, for the reminder to trust in God’s light to illuminate the darkness, for the blessing of electricity, I am truly thankful!
The photo I took that day was perfect for this week’s Theme Thursday. Since it was still dark there was a natural silhouette as the sun was rising. I opened up the photo in PicMonkey (the paid subscription) because it is fast and easy but I didn’t think it needed much editing. I just cropping out a tiny bit of a neighbors roof. I also moved the shadow levels two notches to the left so the trees would be a bit darker but other than that, this is pretty much how it came out.
A big thanks to Micaela for hosting! 🙂
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So cool, even though the no electricity thing would bum me out big time. What majestic beauty you encounter on a daily basis!
Thanks, Madeline. Luckily the outage was short lived but the beauty remained. 🙂
Beautiful! Seems we were thinking alike this week. 😀
Great minds, Cathy. 😉
Beautiful reflections on God’s light!
Thanks, Ruth Anne. 🙂
Great picture! I don’t know how you get all the kids out of the house each morning. I have to plan everything no earlier than 10am because us actually arriving anyway before then is pretty much impossible.
Elena, I seriously think it the moment of greatest sanctification in my day! LOL
What a gorgeous sky. I rarely see sunrises because my husband takes care of most things before 6:30. But they’re often even prettier than sunsets.
Hi Micaela, my hubby is also the early riser in our house, however, it was before the time change so the sun rise was later in the morning. I’m not a morning person so I much prefer to watch the sunset at the beach! 😉