IN MY WORDS – I asked my husband if we could watch a Christmas movie tonight but he refused.

Of course, it was his third time in from snow blowing and he looked like an unfriendly snowman dripping icicles and wet snowdrops all over the carpet, so I closed the subject quickly.

Snowstorms always remind me of God’s power. I find it amusing how so many people today think they can control everything and they have absolutely no need for GOD. And all He has to do is gather together a few snowflakes and the whole region closes down.  No, I’m not happy about the two feet of snow outside but…we do live in upstate NY and it is only March.  Let’s celebrate our final snowstorm (please pray with me on this) with some good Words:   

Lightning and hail, snow and clouds, stormy winds that do his bidding. Psalm 148:8

He spreads the snow like wool and scatters the frost like ashes Psalm 147:16 NIV

Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. Isaiah 1:18 KJV

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Psalm 51:7 KJV

HAPPY SNOW DAY!

THE WORD – Do we ever pause in our daily conversations to think about the words we speak?

Not only the words we speak to others but…when we are “talking to ourselves.”

I’m sure I’m not the only one who does this.

Lately I’ve been noticing how many times I utter these words, “I am so tired.”  And different variations along that theme.

The speed of life continues to accelerate and we manage to plow through but I imagine many of us are using this phrase on a constant basis. Convincing ourselves how exhausted we are. Bringing more weariness and a defeatist attitude.

Let’s change it up! Every time this phrase or a similar one starts to form, try a different slant.

• I am so blessed.
  
• God, I am thankful.
  
• I am pressing on! 
• I can do all things through Christ!
  

 Imagine what a difference this will make in our attitudes.

Do you have a repetitive phrase you fall back on?

Will you join me in using positive words?

“Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord…”

 A WORD – SHRED: to tear, cut up.

The winter storms we’ve had recently in upstate NY have kept me in, house-bound and bordering close to cabin fever.

I am determined to put the time to good use so I continue to work on de-cluttering and getting rid of “stuff.” I started shredding some old documents and found bank statements and cancelled checks from…the 90’s.  Yeah, about time to get rid of them.

Going through the papers, I’m reminded of God’s provision and faithfulness through the years. Supplying our every need. Guiding us through all our decisions.

And as the papers move through the shredder, leaving tiny undecipherable bits of paper left, I am grateful for His grace.

The grace that takes our past sins and problems and shreds them to nothing as we repent before Him. 

No longer readable .

We can’t go back and look at them again.

And He has forgotten them in the great sea of forgetfulness.

Moving forward in Christ. 

His mercies are new every morning.

Oh, God is good to us!

So…do you have some old things that need to be shredded? Both naturally and spiritually?