(((((Hugs to Everyone, and God Bless)))))
Posted on 12/31/2019 7:29:35 PM PST by JustAmy
It’s really cold here, so any rain would quickly become ICE.
But I am glad you are getting some, if it was needed. :-)
It was needed. That was the first 1/2 inch that we’ve gotten since mid-December when we got about 3/10ths of an inch.
We’re in the desert, but this was getting a bit depressing. LOL!
I hope it doesn’t rain there so you don’t get ice. brrr! I watch a couple of webcams from Boston and it does look frigid there!
Good night dear Kitty Mittens!
 Good Night, Kitty!=^..^= |
Thank you.
Bible in a Year:
He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed.
“Chasing tornadoes,” says Warren Faidley, “is often like a giant game of 3D-chess played out over thousands of square miles.” The photojournalist and storm-chaser adds: “Being in the right place at the right time is a symphony of forecasting and navigation while dodging everything from softball-sized hailstones to dust storms and slow-moving farm equipment.”
Faidley’s words make my palms sweat and heart beat faster. While admiring the raw courage and scientific hunger storm chasers display, I balk at throwing myself into the middle of potentially fatal weather events.
In my experience, however, I don’t have to chase storms in life—they seem to be chasing me. That experience is mirrored by Psalm 107 as it describes sailors trapped in a storm. They were being chased by the consequences of their wrong choices but the psalmist says, “They cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and he brought them out of their distress. He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed. They were glad when it grew calm” (Psalm 107:28–30).
Whether the storms of life are of our own making or the result of living in a broken world, our Father is greater. When we are being chased by storms, He alone is able to calm them—or to calm the storm within us.
When facing difficulties, where do you turn for help? How might you trust your heavenly Father today, who is greater than your storms?
Thank You, Father, that You’re with me in my struggles and Your power is greater than any storm on my horizon.
To learn about why suffering occurs, visit christianuniversity.org/CA211.
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Thank you for sharing our Theme Song, Luv.
“Whether the storms of life are of our own making or the result of living in a broken world, our Father is greater.”
Thank you for the reminders, Mayor.
I love seeing Our Daily Bread every morning.
Hello! We will be getting the Snow part of the Friday opener today.
The precipitation blob on the radar is almost here, up to 5 inches expected.
Cheers for all the beautiful birds that like the feeders in winter!
Cheep entertainment!
You’re very welcome!
*WOOF*
Aw, what a good dog. He likes his scarf.
Big snow coming down here tonight.
I love my big woolly scarf too!
My pleasure Amy! Thank you
Bible in a Year:
If your enemy is hungry, feed him.
After Jim Elliot and four other missionaries were killed by Huaorani tribesmen in 1956, no one expected what happened next. Jim’s wife, Elisabeth, their young daughter, and another missionary’s sister willingly chose to make their home among the very people who killed their loved ones. They spent several years living in the Huaorani community, learning their language, and translating the Bible for them. These women’s testimony of forgiveness and kindness convinced the Huaorani of God’s love for them and many received Jesus as their Savior.
What Elisabeth and her friend did is an incredible example of not repaying evil with evil but with good (Romans 12:17). The apostle Paul encouraged the church in Rome to show through their actions the transformation that God had brought into their own lives. What did Paul have in mind? They were to go beyond the natural desire to take revenge; instead, they were to show love to their enemies by meeting their needs, such as providing food or water.
Why do this? Paul quotes a proverb from the Old Testament: “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink” (v. 20; Proverbs 25:21–22). The apostle was revealing that the kindness shown by believers to their enemies could win them over and light the fire of repentance in their hearts.
How did Jesus live out the command to love one’s enemies? What will you do today to show God’s love to those who have harmed you?
Abba, Father, it’s difficult, even impossible, for us to love others in our own strength. Help us through Your Spirit to truly love our enemies, and use us to bring them to You.
Winter Twilight
On a clear winter's evening
The crescent moon
And the round squirrel's nest
In the bare oak
Are equal planets
Anne Porter
Happy Caturday, Dogurday and Bunnyday, everyone!
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