Attitude of Gratitude & praying for others

Tonight I want to thank my husband, he who through the "accident" of his military posting to our current town of residence, ended up buying our home & getting us to a more moderate climate than the one we left behind. (Much as I grumble about it at times, especially when it's so HOT & HUMID that even if you're in the nude you're overdressed!)

Now that the gratitude's out of the way, time for a word of prayer.

Dear Lord: PLEASE enable those with the skills to do so to restore electric service to those in New Fairfield, Connecticut & other similarly suffering towns up in the Northeast where the power has been out since the storm last Saturday. Give Connecticut Light & Power the ability to make repairs with all possible speed & dispatch so that everyone's lives can return to some sense of "normal," possibly with assistance from their colleagues at United Illuminating & other utility companies in the adjoining states/Canada. Let everyone return to their jobs, see to their daily routines, & address needs left unattended during the storm's aftermath. Let those who have the ability to do so add copiously to their wood stove supplies from the downed trees and limbs that they may not freeze later on. Be with those who need support in this time of trial and help them to patiently bear whatever burden is upon them. Amen

As recently as this morning, I was told that the ENTIRE TOWN had no power; in reading news reports online later in the morning, I found New Fairfield wasn't alone, but had plenty of company in that circumstance (e.g. Seymour). I am grateful to not be there for this adventure in indoor camping, but at the same time my heart goes out to those who are, because I HAVE done it in the past.