It has been a while , hasn't it?
The winter has sort of stumped me this year. I seem to be up and then a bit down the next. This has to be the longest winter I can remember in some time. We have cold and now even colder temps even as the Spring is just around the corner.
My husband and I have marveled that we could think it may have warmed up only to realize it is below zero, still. We get a chuckle as it shows how we have adjusted to these cold temps that seem unrelenting. The thing is we are not staying out in the cold but the usual "brace yourself" for the walk to the car hasn't seemed bad. Then we speak of it being warmer, until, we read the temp gage for the outdoor temps, then we laugh. It was nine below zero this morning and I am shocked how it felt so much warmer to me than that. It proves how we can adjust and get used to things after a period of time. We sort of have a distorted view/sense, a bit like the picture above I took the last warm up when I snow shoed to my sanctuary.
I cant help but wonder how many other places in my life I am living with distorted views/senses? We know that certain distortions can be hazardous to us. If I had taken off this morning for a walk in the temps dressed as I was it could have been a bit uncomfortable and worse if I were to have kept going in it. I am far too cautious when it comes to cold to take that sort of risk. But I think I am careless when it comes to my spiritual health many times. I am not always so concerned with the effects of my careless, distorted views/senses. I want to be in the here and now and aware of what dangers lie ahead, or even about me. At times though, in periods of winter to my soul I am very careless and distracted. Or is it just that I am complacent in what I am experiencing as we have been this winter with days on end of cold?
I know one thing for sure that God is changing things and always up to something in my life, and yours as well. He is always busy with his love for us. He never changes and he is enough for us and all this life has unfolding for us. I am amazed by his great love and patience with me. He doesn't get complacent or ever stop watching out for us. Praise the Lord for that or we might be frozen in place with some of the stuff we have to deal with.
Proverbs 4:26-27
New King James Version (NKJV)
26 Ponder the path of your feet,
And let all your ways be established.
27 Do not turn to the right or the left;
And let all your ways be established.
27 Do not turn to the right or the left;
{ copied from BibleGateway.com }
Lord Jesus,
Thank you for your unfailing love and the surrounding of your children with Your loving hands. We need you for this day. We need you to help us ponder our paths and to keep us from turning to the right or left, and even keeping our feet from evil. We thank you for your gift of forgiveness and the cleansing it brings to us. We thank you and praise you. Amen
I leave you with the song I have been listening too for this week. A real blessing to my heart and I trust to your too .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuJWQzjfU3o
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