Some thoughts, lessons, and reflections from the day:
- With an actual air temperature of negative fifteen to start the day, all the layers of clothing I could find wasn’t enough to make me want to stay outside very long.
- It was so cold that my windows frosted over on the inside of the truck on my way to work since I wasn’t willing to stop breathing. 🙂
- I am thankful that someone figured out building heat that moved beyond open fires, wood stoves, and coal furnaces.
- I am even more thankful when I walk into a building and realize the heating sources are working.
- I don’t always find what I’m looking for, but I’m definitely more likely to find it if I look than if I don’t.
- God wants to be found, but He also says we will find Him when we seek Him with a whole heart.
- In addition to Himself, there are a variety of things that God tells us to seek. Some of those will be the daily topics of next week’s prayer guide.
- Even though the air temperature was still below zero by late morning, the sun brought the cardinals out in search of their berry buffet.
- Nearly everyone wants to be heard, but few really want to listen.
- We often react based on perception that may or may not reflect what is actually meant.
- Updating can be a long process, especially when you don’t really know how much updating needs done.
- It’s amazing how warm five degrees felt when I came home compared to the minus fifteen when I left.
- Improvement is improvement even if we are not yet where we would like to be.
Improvement – everyone wants huge and immediate gains when the usual gains are taken in baby steps…
So true! . . . “but I made a ‘resolution’ Monday and I haven’t lost any weight yet, so I don’t think it’s going to happen.” 😉