We scrambled for flashlights & a lantern, & contemplated what could and could not be done with the power out. It seems there are always things you wish you'd done sooner, if only you'd known...
- showered
- shaved (for T at least. Even with a non-electric razor, there's great risk shaving by lantern-light)
- gotten a drink of water
- open the refrigerator or freezer
- get a drink of water (we're on a well, & you need electricity for the pump to run, so no water, & the water in the fridge requires opening the door)
- flush the toilet... OK, it's good for 1 flush, but the tank can't refill, because the pump isn't running
- cook breakfast
- check email
- post on my new blog
- go back to sleep (because it's TOO QUIET! All the little household motor noises aren't running, plus you're wondering every second if the power's about to come back on, and there are things you should be doing...)
It makes me thankful that in the New Jerusalem, we won't need electric power. God's glory is all we will need.
23The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. 24The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it. 25On no day will its gates ever be shut, for there will be no night there.
Revelation 21:23-25 (New International Version)Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society
About thirty minutes after the power went out, & just after T left, the power trucks arrived and restored power. Life is back to normal... for now.
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