In our neck of the woods we have calm winds and below 60 degrees outside.  Still smoke in the air, but air quality is not as bad as yesterday.

My friends in Prineville, on the other hand, are getting unhealthy air one of the worse conditions, right now in the state, not like we got last weekend.

Weather people are forecasting rain, heavy in the Gorge area, with as much as well over 3 inches in Cascade Locks.  Air will be cleaned and it will help on the fires, not only in our area but elsewhere – Montana is already getting snow.

They are correct, but I have heard no one warn that with the desolation of the trees and underbrush, the rain is going to pour down on already loosened rocks and trees barely standing – it is not going to be pretty.  They closed I-84 again for a few hours to cut down more trees – I wonder if they will have to close it again for mud slides that are sure to come.

It is going to be an ‘interesting’ fall and winter and potentially more damage to the lands that were engulfed with fires, not only in the Gorge, but throughout the state and our neighboring states.

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Mathew 6:6 KJV “But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.”

“Nothing can prevent the spiritual rejuvenation of the soul that insists upon having it. Though that solitary man must live and walk among persons religiously dead, he may experience the great transformation as certainly and as quickly as if he were in the most spiritual church in the world.” 

Every prophet, every reformer, every revivalist had to meet God alone before he could help the multitudes. The great leaders who went on to turn thousands to Christ had to begin with God and their own soul. The plain Christian of today must experience personal revival before he can hope to bring renewed spiritual life to his church”  Tozer

Meeting with fellow members, praying together, praising and worshiping together is important.  But our growth in service to God, comes from the willingness to meet with Him privately.

To prepare our hearts like an actor prepares for a play, reviewing the script (God’s Word,) memorizing our lines (verses,) practicing by oneself (prayer closet) and then going onto the stage (world) and play our part to convey the author’s (God’s) purpose.

We need that private conversation with God to fulfill all our potential and the plan that He has given us.

Later, Art (-: