why does God hate mn???
i think the thing that put it over the edge to me was watching football, luckily inside, next to fire place (thank God i am lucky to have a warm place to be at these days), but when the commentators show temperatures from around the world:
north pole, alaska- 23
reykjavik, iceland- 29
moscow, russia-34
green bay- (-4)!!!!!!!!
now let's get the fact that i have chosen to live in mn, but who the heck would choose to live here!!! seriously, God must not like this area of land mass, because He put us in His deep freezer! now looking at the highs for the next few days go like 10, 1, and 12, and remember these are highs. and we are blessed to get to have a heat wave of 29 on saturday, oh boy!
but joking aside, i truly am thankful to even have a messed up heater in a breezy apartment where the highest temperature i can get is 64, because i have seen how blessed i am. i still remember that one day, i was @ my last position @ FBC probably doing some computer work when there was a buzz at the front door. for those that may not know, our church was perfectly placed downtown so we got a good number of visitors that would buzz the office to talk with one of the staff members. well this day, my buddy daryl was there. daryl is a long story in himself, but this particular day i went down to talk to him and noticed something particularly different. that day was cold, 10-15, snowing with a substantial amount of snow already on the ground and quite blustery. when i got downstairs, daryl was in a tattered button-down shirt, black denim jeans, and hiking boots with no socks. and he was walking around downtown, outside with only those things on. we were able to get him some things to get him warm like socks and blankets, but i was standing there in awe. i know certain individuals who go nuts if i don't have a jacket on top of my sweater, tshirt or whatever else i got on, and yet there he was with predominately only 1 layer of clothing on, and a very thin layer at that.
as we may whine about having to be out in the cold as our car warms up, or walking from our car to workplace, let's keep in mind those that have to live outside during the day b/c housing shelters don't allow people to be inside during the daytime. i ask to hand your tunic or cloak to those that may need it, or at least continue to support organizations that do do that. no one should have to suffer through this type of weather alone, so don't allow them to.
north pole, alaska- 23
reykjavik, iceland- 29
moscow, russia-34
green bay- (-4)!!!!!!!!
now let's get the fact that i have chosen to live in mn, but who the heck would choose to live here!!! seriously, God must not like this area of land mass, because He put us in His deep freezer! now looking at the highs for the next few days go like 10, 1, and 12, and remember these are highs. and we are blessed to get to have a heat wave of 29 on saturday, oh boy!
but joking aside, i truly am thankful to even have a messed up heater in a breezy apartment where the highest temperature i can get is 64, because i have seen how blessed i am. i still remember that one day, i was @ my last position @ FBC probably doing some computer work when there was a buzz at the front door. for those that may not know, our church was perfectly placed downtown so we got a good number of visitors that would buzz the office to talk with one of the staff members. well this day, my buddy daryl was there. daryl is a long story in himself, but this particular day i went down to talk to him and noticed something particularly different. that day was cold, 10-15, snowing with a substantial amount of snow already on the ground and quite blustery. when i got downstairs, daryl was in a tattered button-down shirt, black denim jeans, and hiking boots with no socks. and he was walking around downtown, outside with only those things on. we were able to get him some things to get him warm like socks and blankets, but i was standing there in awe. i know certain individuals who go nuts if i don't have a jacket on top of my sweater, tshirt or whatever else i got on, and yet there he was with predominately only 1 layer of clothing on, and a very thin layer at that.
as we may whine about having to be out in the cold as our car warms up, or walking from our car to workplace, let's keep in mind those that have to live outside during the day b/c housing shelters don't allow people to be inside during the daytime. i ask to hand your tunic or cloak to those that may need it, or at least continue to support organizations that do do that. no one should have to suffer through this type of weather alone, so don't allow them to.
Labels: nature, others, sacrifice, weather anomalies
posted by Harwood at
9:39 PM
2 Comments:
Straight to the heart. I was convicted as I read this post about my attitude the other day. I promised someone we would go grocery shopping this week (it's a not well liked chore) but decided Wednesday we should stay inside and go another night. I determined that it was too cold outside to deal with putting bags in the car and I just wanted to stay inside.
Wow! I have a house that I can choose to stay inside of, a car that gets me to the store, a warm coat and mittens, and the means to even purchase groceries in the first place. And I was complaining about it being too cold?! Lord, forgive me for my insensitivity.
People should read this.
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