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.