Well It is cold

You got to love Wisconsin. A few weeks ago the state had everyone convinced of global warming, then 5ish days of snow, and now the second ice-age has hit. As I write this it is -11 without wind-chill!!

But the cold is not what I am writing about. Rewind to the snow part. It snowed for 5 days. Sure it would stop every now and then but every day for 5 days in a row it snowed. Some of it was small and bead shaped, some was large and clumpy, and yet more was mid-sized and snowish. But it snowed.

Now I know you all are thinking "Joy. Now he is going to tell us what bad days those were, because that is always what he does when he talks about snow." But NO!!! Those were great days!!
I had fun, got lots of work done, tried out for and got into a play, even got a fair amount of sleep. And whenever I awoke there was snow falling. Those days were such a blessing.

You see, as the snow fell, some people complained, and griped, and worried, and were miserable. But some people were happy, and took the snow in stride, and liked the snow. Yet either way the snow fell. Some grew tired of the snow and forgot to enjoy its' intrinsic beauty. Others could not help but smile as they saw the snow dance its' graceful dance. And yet the snow fell.

It reminds me of God's blessing. Psalms reminds us "Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah." The blessings of the Lord come daily. And they come in great abundance. We are so surounded by the Lord's goodness! Praise the Lord!
Yet all too often we see the things He brings and we gripe about all the things that are happening. Sometimes we even get so focused on the good things that are happening we forget to look to the One who sent them.

I love snow, but I love the God of the snow better. . . Yet not enough. . .

Praise the Lord that He Is