Snow in Ohio!!

Yup! You guessed it! There is snow in Ohio! Go figure since today is the first day in February... And yet so many people seem to think that this is the end of the world or the worst thing that could happen to us. It always amazes me at the way people freak out when the weather reports show a lot of snow and/or ice coming our way.

First of all - don't they know that this is Ohio? Snow and ice are a given for winter. You don't like it, maybe you should move to Florida or California (oh, but wait, they have hurricanes, earthquakes and forest fires! Darn!)... If you live in Ohio it is pretty much a given that at one time or another in the winter months you will see snow & ice. Now, I will be the first to admit that I wish it would stay off the roads, but since it doesn't, I will just live with how it falls. God must know what He is doing!

Second - The Weather Channel is not always right...well, we can probably rephrase that and say they are rarely ever right. It is probably the one job that you can have, lie and get everything wrong and still keep your job! LoL I have always been interested in how they can look at all the weather patterns, predict what they think might happen, send the whole nation into a frenzy just to be wrong! Yet every time they say we will get a blizzard, people believe them and get freaked out.

Third - Why would you go to the store and buy all the bread, milk, eggs or anything else frozen or needing refrigeration when you are scared the power will go out? If the power goes out, your fridge won't work and all that food you just spent money on will be ruined anyway!

Fourth - God tells us in Psalm 147:16 that "He spreads the snow like wool, scatters the frost like ashes." If God tells us that He will give us snow and frost - then why are we surprised when it happens??

How about we all change our attitudes? Instead of complaining that the storms may come we praise God that we will survive the storm, and grow stronger to Him in the process? He gives us the chance to decide how we will react to any news that receive in our life... When we hear snow is coming in are we going to get upset about it, complain and head to the store for the last loaf of bread on the shelf, or will we start thanking Him that we will have power throughout the storm and that none of the ice or wind will be damaging.

So as I sit here, looking out the window at the snow we already have, I praise God that He has given us the warm home to be in during the storm, there is food on our shelves and we are protected from the storm.

Make your choice today how your attitude will be... Embrace the seasons that God gives us... Know He will never leave us in the storm... Spring is just around the corner!