Our east window is covered in raindrops. This is not usually a good sign, as rain carried on an east wind is often reckoned to last longer than the sort that comes on a west wind. The east wind counteracts the normal west-to-east progress of the weather, which would otherwise push it through at a reasonable pace. Or to put it another way, we would be towards the north side of a depression, which would be spinning one way and moving the opposite way. Naturally, it’s not always as simple as that. Depressions can be steered in different directions, for instance.. But the forecasters do seem to expect rain for quite a while today.
Being neither brave nor 100% well-equipped I’m planning to stay in today, having done the morning shop. I’m told some vegetables will come to the door.
I’ve added something to the ‘Prayers for Places’ website to make it possible to print out a map and list of prayers near a specified location. I’m going to try out the printouts tomorrow on someone who has no internet or devices. I’ve not linked to the URL yet, because it needs to be a bit friendlier – for instance letting the user specify a location by postcode or What3Words. To do that I need to use callback functions which requires a cool head from me and a good run at it.
Living God, we pray for the nations
of these islands.
Give us peace and justice we pray.
May these islands be a good place to live,
where everyone is respected.
May the love of Christ,
and Christ’s call to do right
be known here.