I went for a walk the other day--it was cold, so cold that the cows down at the farmland fence had even gone home! Now I knew it was good for me to walk, but I also knew it would be good to get back home--where there was fuel in the furnace, food in the fridge, blankets on the bed--and a roof over my head!
Now I *thought* it was cold until I arrived back in my warm office, went onto my computer and found an email from my friend in Saskatchewan, Canada--where it gets down to FORTY below ZERO and WARMS UP to FIFTEEN below ZERO! She writes:
"You would not like our weather. Very windy, and high wind chill today. I am wearing two sweaters, pant-liners, heavy denim jeans and 2 pairs of knee-high socks!! When it's windy like this it just seems to blow through the house. I honestly don't know how our pioneers ever survived these brutal Saskatchewan winters. And to take care of livestock, etc. - they were heroes in my way of thinking!"
Now COLD is COLD, but I guess it has a whole new meaning when you live in Saskatchewan, Canada! I'd like to visit my good friend sometime--but I think it wise for me to wait until some summer when I know it will be warm--I'm no HERO! Yes, COLD is COLD here, there and everywhere, but...
There's a COLD that's COLDER than cold...It's a cold heart, a frigid spirit, a frozen soul--no one but God can warm it up! We can find heat for our bodies and retain hardness in our souls. We can put hot food in our cold tummies and refuse His love to fuel our hearts. We can pile blankets on the bed and stay bitter in spirit. There's things ALOT worse than just being COLD!
I want to bask in the warm sunshine of His Love and His Word. I want to spread it around to the cold hearts, the frigid spirits, the frozen souls--how about you! Let's DO it--and dare that COLD to go in the Name of the Lord! And if YOUR heart is cold today--don't stand outside, alone in the cold! Come on in--let Him warm your frozen heart--He will! Now believe it--receive it--and have a cozy, UNcold day in the warmth of HIS love, no matter how COLD it is where YOU live today!
Delight in a Word from the Well--a refreshing in the Water of His Word
"And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us along the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures? (Luke 24:32)."
Draw from the Well--a prayer for renewing strength for this day
"Lord, my heart's gotten a little cold and callous lately; I need to feel the warmth of Your love once again. Won't you melt my frozen spirit; won't You warm my frigid soul. Set me free from the things that turn off the warmth of Your love within my heart. I need You through the cold winds and winters of life; shelter me, hold me, warm me, In Jesus' Name, Amen."
