Snow days are good for many things; Catching up on TV shows that have been DVRd
for a whole year, cleaning house, cleaning out closets, catching up on
thoughts, and yes perhaps even shoveling some snow. Prednisone once again has by body and yes my
mind held hostage. My sugar is up
because of it, I take a fluid pill now because of it, I have to watch every
bite that goes in my mouth, and yeast has overwhelmed me not to mention what it
does to my mental state and emotions.
Did I mention I hate prednisone? Although in its defense I can get out of bed,
walk through the house, go to work and all those things without pain. Lots of time to think, thanks to the excess
energy I have on steroids. Pulling all
nighters are easy to do. The energy is
there but man is it hard on the mind. I
did catch up on Facebook creeping. Now
come on y’all, you know you all do it.
But in real life you rarely have time. You scroll and stop on the highlights, like a
status, and occasionally comment, but who has time to creep! Well when you’re up all night, you have
time. I reminisced old pictures! That’s right, I creeped on my own stuff. Stuff I forgot about but still hold close to
my heart. Memories I had tucked away. I
began to let my memories resurface and found much pleasure in reliving
them. Not the pain I was afraid I would
find. That’s the good thing about
memories. They are always there when you
need them. Bringing us comfort,
sometimes like a big hug sometimes like a balm or salve. So as the snow came down I decided to man up
and grab my shovel. Yard stick says 15
inches. I dive in and surprisingly it moves
swiftly. Danny would’ve loved it, and
yes he would’ve shoveled with shorts on.
I managed to get halfway out my driveway and here comes a random person
with a snow plow on their truck. He
started plowing me out. Then here comes
Randy Forren on the skid steer scooping up snow, and then here comes
Christopher Martin with his two little girls dressed like snow bunnies to help
him. I got plowed out, car cleaned off
and had time to spare. In my house laundry was calling my name. I worked on that for a couple hours and
couldn’t get warm so I gave up, snuggled under a blanket and fell asleep. For about ½ hour. I thought how good my neighbors were to
me! What a blessing they were to me!
Mark 12: 30-31 Love
the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your
mind and with all your strength. The
second is this, Love your neighbor as yourself.
There is no commandment greater that these.
My neighbors were doing their
Christ like duty today. And as darkness
came, the roads cleared, I decided to venture out. So I headed out to visit
Tina and Clarence. Now anyone that knows
where they live thinks I am nuts! Up on
top of the mountain but Tyler had cleared it off. Old Blue went right up, but only about
halfway. Then I found myself zooming
backwards down the hill praying all the time, “God get me off this mountain!” A snow bank caught me, Thank God for
that! I managed to back all the way down
and parked. Then I decided to walk
up. Now this is a big mountain, but up I
went. My coat wouldn’t zip up, but I
thought, it won’t take long. Halfway up and I fell flat on my butt. I felt it jolt all the way to my head! Slid right back down the hill, then I got
back up and started again. Once again I
find myself on the ground, knees this time!
At this point I am thinking just go back down and go home. But I moved closer to the ditch where I could
dig my feet in and started the climb again.
A little more determined. The
wind is cold, it’s dark, but somewhere in the night I can hear Jesus saying you
can make it, One foot in front of the other.
Up in the distance I can see the porch light and almost feel the warmth
coming from the house. And inside I know
the aroma will be awesome. That is the
way heaven will be. As I struggle up
this mountain of life I can almost see the lights of home. I feel the warmth of his love. I see the smile on his face each time I get
up after falling. I can even smell the
aroma of Heaven. And O how sweet it
is! The things He has in store for me
are phenomenal. I don’t want to miss out on even one thing. But I have become comfortable in my own
mess. I haven’t fixed anything, I have
adapted, it seems to be working so I let it.
I stay in my comfort zone, my rut, if you will and I don’t really life
it, but I am afraid of change. God is
doing all He can to fix that and it all seems to be involving that danged old
blue car. Every time I get in it I
wonder what I am going to be up against.
It is very unpredictable, yes that’s the word. And to me that is interpreted as being
scary. Predictable is safe. But a friend told me today it’s time to get
unpredictable in my life. I am thinking
he is right. After all how do I know
what God has in store for me if I don’t get out there and be a little off the
wall? God is doing his part now it’s my
turn. I have to give back. Pull that unpredictable card out and play
it. No matter what the outcome! Gods got
my back! The years take us far away from
our child like faith, God is great, and God is good! That’s where I need to go back to again. All I have to do is say those words and I
know He is still listening. Our prayers
don’t have to be long, eloquent, educated…God knows our hearts! He knows the words in our hearts. Sometimes all we can say is “God Help me!” “God forgive me” “God I messed up! Fix me!”
The thing is, God hears it all!
We just have to speak it! Even if
it’s from our heart! God is love…That’s predictable. We need to take that love and do the
unpredictable with it. That is what will win those broken souls to Christ. When someone shows up to plow you out of the
2 ft of snow, just because; that’s unpredictable. Or when someone sends you flowers just because…just
because you are you! Or maybe it’s a text
to just see if you are still among the living.
Or are you having a good day? Or,
Hey, I am praying for you today! Or
maybe it’s a swift kick in the pants because you messed up. As long as you do it with love it’s ok. Now I know you all are thinking, yeah that
was really predictable of her, another note!
But the best is yet to come! Just
watch out! If my unpredictability and
Gods will are lined up together? It’s
hard to tell what can happen!
I did make it to the top of the
hill. Frozen nose and frozen toes! And when I went in I wasn’t disappointed. The aroma of bacon and French toast met my
little frozen nose! And the warmth of
the home far exceeded my expectations. Not just warmth from the heat but warmth
in a friends smile and touch and words that warm the heart. And that is just like it will be in Heaven
only greater. I did snag a ride to the
bottom of the hill from Clarence on the tractor, perfect ending to a perfect SNOW DAY!
Revelation 12:11
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their
testimony….
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