Diary… | 1.16.2026

Well, I thought I was done with report cards when I finished schooling. But now, the ever present monthly gas energy report. It’s never good. Well, it could be good, maybe if we were gone all day.

I do believe in being a good steward of our resources. We did go solar for electricity, but that was more about our state’s electrical energy going through the roof and just trying to control costs over the long haul.

For gas, I’m just not sure who I’m being compared to. There should be a rating for those who are home and those who are gone most of the day. Maybe I’d rate more than a middle to low C, when there is no D or F rating. Yes, it’s true. I have a “fair” rating, which appears to be the bottom of their rating system.

But I do have a plan. (1) Learn how to make a fire without the use of gas, (2) a wood burning stove, and (3) oil lamps. I do love mood lighting.

I remain convinced that the answer to the modern day issues is to go back in time. However, I know there are problems with my solution as well, since apparently we’re not supposed to burn wood either. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Journal…Your Light | Jan. 16 ‘26

My greatest fascination since the year’s opening has been light. When thinking of the beginning of the world, we think that darkness always was and You “created” light. In my studies, Isaiah 45:7, has changed my perspective entirely. Your Word indicates in Isa. 45:7a, “I form the light and create darkness…”

That completely makes sense. You are light, and in You is no darkness at all (1 John 1:5). You are the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8). So, You are light from eternity past. It was the darkness You created.