Snow?

As if to prove the point, it's really been snowing in Northern New York. I've heard all the horror stories, not the least of which is the cause of our current building project (roof collapse under snow load? C'mon, that's just something they write about in the code to scare you into building it right, isn't it?). I've also heard the Global Warming stories that say winters are milder now, and it doesn't really snow until February now.



Well, I often complain about the apparent time warp here, that leaves me incapable of accomplishing ordinary things on ordinary timelines. But I know it's not February yet, and it just keeps snowing. The flurries on the first day of the new year piled up to at least several inches or more. I plowed in the morning, when it looked like the radar showed it about to stop snowing. I plowed again in the afternoon, when I thought surely it was finished. I went to bed with at least a couple more inches on the ground, knowing I'll have to get up early to plow so that someone can get to the doctor and so that meals on wheels can access a driveway, etc. And now they say the high tomorrow won't make ten degrees. Please.




But seriously, it's no big deal. It's just weather. The snow, the cold, the warm ups and crazy thaws before the freezers--no big deal. Wonderful people, honest work, high hopes and expectations are what really count. I'm happy to be where God puts me, in Missouri, Kansas, Northern New York or where ever. Trusting God for the outcomes, for our families, for our successes and failures, no matter where we are, is what really matter.