Photo was taken last evening near Farran, Co.Cork

One should be seeing beautiful green fields as we head towards the end of June but unfortunately we’re watching so many fields under water. The big headlines all day yesterday were the floods in Cork and West Cork. Nearly a months rain fell in a few hours causing rivers already swollen to burst causing much damage and heartache in places like Douglas, Blackpool, Glanmire, Ballyvolane and Clonakilty. The following link www.eveningecho.ie/2012/06/28/cork-flood-pictures
will give you access to many amazing pictures taken during the floods yesterday

Thought on Friday – June – 29/06/2012

‘Any person who knows all the answers most likely misunderstood the questions in the first place.’ ~Author Unknown

It would be great if we had all the answers. Every single one of us has so many unanswered questions. Life can be so unpredictable, unfair and cruel at times. What did I do to deserve this? Why me? Why not somebody else? Why now? It’s easy to blame somebody else or to blame God. This is understandable. It becomes unhealthy when we’re stuck in blame and never move on with our lives. Today (June 29th) we celebrate the feast of St.Peter and St.Paul. Their lives were marked by courage, conviction and enthusiasm. But they too had their struggles and questions. Even at times their deep faith left them short. The invitation is to live the questions and with time we may get glimpses of an answer. Sometimes the unanswered bits and pieces pull together when we least expect. We pray today for the strength to live with all our questions and the strength to walk forward with our lives, even if it’s only small faltering steps.