{"id":10108,"date":"2015-07-11T00:40:16","date_gmt":"2015-07-11T00:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=10108"},"modified":"2015-07-11T00:40:16","modified_gmt":"2015-07-11T00:40:16","slug":"clouds-answered-prayers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=10108","title":{"rendered":"Clouds = answered prayers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/clouds.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10109\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/clouds.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"clouds\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/clouds.jpg 1632w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/clouds-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/clouds-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Those clouds over yonder &#8212; I&#8217;m quite sure &#8212; are the result of answered prayers.<\/p>\n<p>I snapped this picture just a little while ago as I drove home from work. They&#8217;re to the southeast of Amarillo. They might be dumping some rain on Palo Duro Canyon.<\/p>\n<p>The prayers? Well, I also am quite sure a lot of folks around here have lifted them up to the Almighty himself.<\/p>\n<p>He listened and he answered them.<\/p>\n<p>How do I know that? Well, I don&#8217;t. Faith in prayer allows us to just <em>believe<\/em> something happens for the better.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve had a lot of things happening for the better around here all year long.<\/p>\n<p>The National Weather Service says we&#8217;ve exceeded our <em>annual<\/em> average precipitation amount for the year, which is about 20 inches; it&#8217;s not even mid-July yet. Every drop we get from here until the end of the year is a bonus.<\/p>\n<p>Why the dramatic change? Scientists contend El Nino is out there in the Pacific Ocean, producing warmer currents, resulting in greater storm frequency, which then blow inland &#8212; and over this part of the world.<\/p>\n<p>That sounds good.<\/p>\n<p>But what brought about El Nino? Might it have been, oh &#8230;\u00a0<em>some prayer?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve had a lot of violent weather the past few days. The weather gurus are calling for more of it tonight. Our plays already are full. McDonald Lake, just about a mile north of our house, was in danger of spilling onto Coulter Street this morning.<\/p>\n<p>Did prayer make all this happen? I&#8217;m not even going to try to disprove it. Because I cannot. Faith does not require proof.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those clouds over yonder &#8212; I&#8217;m quite sure &#8212; are the result of answered prayers. I snapped this picture just a little while ago as I drove home from work. They&#8217;re to the southeast of Amarillo. They might be dumping some rain on Palo Duro Canyon. The prayers? 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