Ah, in our neck of the woods we have several inches of snow that both came down and is continuing to do so; isn’t that a surprise?

I couldn’t help Carla throw snow this morning and that bothers me.  Fortunately it is a light powder and she said was easy to shovel.

I tried to talk her into just calling in today and bow out of going to work, but those of you that know her know she has that Lynds streak.  She went in.  It is a good streak, stubborn and head strong as it is.

All of OUR girls have it, the boys are a bit more mellow, but they, also, do what they feel is right – sometimes to the detriment of their careers, but they can look at their face in the mirror and not wonder about the person looking back at them.

It is pretty. 

The weather bureau has issued a winter warning for our area.  Not only will be getting more snow – but freezing rain is forecast for later today, tonight and tomorrow.

What joy!

I don’t know what it is about my side of the bed or my chair, but Abbey (cat) has decided if I am not occupying one or the other that becomes her resting spot.

If I go into the bedroom for any reason, she jumps off (even though I ‘tell’ her she is fine.)  The next thing I know she is in my chair looking up to see if I am going to boot her off.

For whatever reason it is harder to get her off the chair.  It isn’t like there isn’t any other place to sleep, there are a number, she just prefers those two locations.

Poor girl, she wanted out side this morning, I opened the door she walked a few steps looking out at the snow, looked back at me and decided to come back inside.  She will be much happier when this stuff is gone, she so prefers to be outside.

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Ephesians 4:31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

I am still dealing with this and it is serious.  I am concerned that what I am supposed to NOT do is starting to stress me out to the point I just want to throw something.

I read, I listen and rather than meaningful dialogue I hear and read hate.  I just want to shake a few heads and see if the sand will fall out enough that reason and wisdom might have a place to enter.

I noted the degradation of our society was getting worse and worse through the last two decades and it has been amped up over the past eight years and over the past few months even more so.

No matter the decision, by whoever makes it, there is little rational opposition; it has become who can shout the most epitaphs in the shortest period of time. 

Social media and the news media aren’t helping.

I need God to help me get over my anger, get over my bitterness and help me deal with my emotions in a calm manner so I do not become one of the idiots trying to address idiots with no hope of getting any points across.

Oh how satan must be rubbing his hands in glee.  One more victory over God he proclaims without any care about the results other than people turn away from God.

Eventually he will be proven wrong, and will finally understand that he isn’t in charge, God is, I just wish God would say it is enough, NOW.

Now is not the time for Christians to become so irate that they forget this verse and not only forget to pray for this country and its people, but strike out in frustration and anger.

I have to admit, I have often shook my head over the state of this country for several years trying to figure out what is going on in the minds of Americans that it is more important to ruin their opposition instead of working with them.

The only way this country will even come close to unity is when people respect others, no matter their differences and instead of listening to organize our thoughts to argue with that point of view, we listen to try and understand.

There are solid Christians on both sides of many issues, they need to be stronger in their willingness to work with each other.

In my mind, that is the only salvation for this country.

Verse 32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

Lord, I pray!

Later, Art (-: