Snow. And Some More.

Oh dear, I awoke this morning to even more snow on the ground. It seems as if winter will never end around here. When I first went to college in Grand Rapids, they had just had a fairly light winter. The year I was there, snow was on the ground from January until three weeks before the year ended. That happened again the next year. I moved to Providence, who had received a very minimal snowfall the year before I got there. We had a blizzard with two feet of snow the year I was there, and other lesser snowfalls as well. Last year Morris PA received, I believe, one snowfall of about three inches. This year has been the worst winter in thirty years. *sigh*

Awake My Soul

Dear friends,

Last week was an up and down roller coaster for me. One day would be great, the next would leave in some kind of funk that just put me in a bad mood. I could blame it on the six inches of snow we got last week, but I think it runs deeper than that.

This morning I was spending some time in Philippians, and I was drawn to the popular passage 4:8, where it talks about your thoughts. I challenges the reader think think on things that are true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, anything worthy of praise. As I think back to my week, I can most likely guess what was running through my head continually during those bad days. It was mostly negative thoughts, generally directed at people in my life.

I was challenged today to really watch what I'm thinking about, and to ask God for thoughts of things that align with Philippians 4:8. "Where you invest your love, there you invest your life" In my experience, the things we think about, are also the things we love. Therefore, I'm investing my life in my thoughts.