Bad storm, no electricity and no phone...and Easter

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So, I suppose that my wish for warm weather will be put on hold just a little bit longer. A few days ago we had a storm. A very bad storm. The power went out-for more then a day. Our phones lines went down. And they are still down. After the storm had stopped, and I hammered about 2 inches of ice of the car, I drove into the next village to try and use the pay phone and...their phone line was down too. The entire village was without power. The trees looked beautiful with the thick ice on them, except...well, some trees started snapping in half. And then driving, some of the ice fell off a branch and hit my windshield "THUD"-I'm lucky that it didn't shatter and I'm lucky it didn't hit me. Actually, it was all really beautiful and kinda awe inspiring that such weather really shut down such a large area, it was humbling in a sense, the kinda thing that makes one think for all the technology we have, something very small can reduce that. It's the kinda thing that can remind us that we aren't the ultimate power in the universe-that statement hardly needs refutation because we know in our heads that that is true, and some of us are reminded that everyday by the things we see, we see illness which we can't defeat , we see poverty and a million other horrible things but in some sense, sometimes we, or at least I, still have this idea, and then... Almost like nature whispered "Hush, and I'll tell you a story where you will be able to hear your own thoughts for a while..."... As it happened, it was Maundy Thursday, and my thoughts were on the Eucharist, and not only that but the entire scene in the Gospel where Jesus says to the disciples "Love one another...by this will everyone know that you are my disciples, if you love one another..."... He did not say by this everyone will know you are my disciples, if you can correctly recite proper theology, but rather, a living and vital understanding of what it meant to be His follower. In reality, I think as Christians it is easy to say "Jesus is Lord", but what that actually means beyond the statement is sometimes lost. To say "Jesus is Lord" is more then theological or intellectual assertion-it is not an abstract but has practical implications. So, it was kinda fitting for the mood-no power, no phone, and quiet reflection.