Woke up this morning, opened the blinds, looked out the window and what did I see?  It WASN’T a band of angels coming after me.

It was snow, small watery flakes, but snow none the less.  It won’t last long, but winter is going to stay for a while, it thinks.

It reminds me of a cartoon I saw many, many years ago.  I can only remember seeing it once but the background music was classic, of course, as most were at that time – for years I have been listening trying to recall that music – it was dramatic.

Anyway, there was an elf or gnome or some creature saying it was spring and he was telling the bulbs it was time to grow.  There were some warm days and the spring flowers started coming out.

Then, the North wind, blue in color, started blowing and snow started falling and there became a battle between the north wind and this elf – the elf would say, ‘it is time for spring, I say’ and the wind kept blowing.

Don’t recall exactly how the elf won, but he did and the grass and flowers sprung out, the trees leafed out.  Winter didn’t want to leave, just like this year.

But, the elf won.

And the sun has come out, now – the snow has stopped and not left any signs of staying today, so in our neck of the woods it really does look like spring is just around the corner, a short corner.

Hooray for the elf!

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Isaiah 25:1 “O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.” KJV

Over and over again God has given us good advice, good examples of how we should live our lives and bad examples to avoid in our lives.

He has given us the birds that sing, roses, dahlias, sunflowers, and many other beautiful flowers to brighten our days.

He has given us soil to tend, knowledge to know how to use it to get the best crops.

He has provided us with love, mercy and grace.

He has given His only Son that we might live with Him for eternity.

He has provided His Holy Spirit to comfort us, to lead us, to teach us, to give us wisdom in our service to Him.

He has given us His Word to read, to absorb its truths, to allow us to understand Him and to draw closer to Him as He speaks to us in His Word.

His Word addresses our every need and we find some verses take on new insights as we read them at different times in our lives.

Every day several times a day He provides for us, He watches over us, He loves us and wants the very best for us.

“O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.”

Later, Art (-: