The Blessing of New Snow

It has been awhile since I have written. Please forgive me for this. It seems I have been busy in what the Lord would have me to be doing at this point. The Lord knows of it all. The Lord is good and His mercy endureth forever.

We had our first snow of the New Year yesterday. It is so beautiful out. It is not much snow, maybe 2 inches as of right now. We are expected to get another 1 to 2 inches by tomorrow. Then it is supposed to stop and warm up next week, midweek.

The thing of it is, we need to enjoy the snow while it is here. Enjoy the beauty and yes, the blessing of the snow. A lot of people complain about the snow and the rain when we receive a lot of it. Yes, it may cause some problems and some inconveniences but we need the snow and the rain that the Lord blesses us with. Snow, like rain, gives us moisture for our land. Our land needs this moisture to help produce anything that is grown on it. The grass, the trees, the garden, the crops, the animals all are sustained by the water that comes from the snow and rain. We need it to survive as well.

So then why do we complain about it ? In truth we are a people of whining. We do not appreciate what we have. We are not truly thankful for the blessings that the Lord blesses us with. Think on this wise. We are no different then the children of Israel when the Lord led them and provided their needs the 40 years they traveled in the wilderness from Egypt. They complained and always found fault or something wrong in their journey to the promised land. Now think about it. We do the same thing daily.

In our daily life, we are complainers, instead of being gracious acceptors of the blessings God gives us. We complain about the weather, we complain about not having enough time to do things we want to do. We complain about traffic, we complain about anything there is opportunity to complain about.

We live in a world of technology, yet we still complain. Our forefathers and mothers did not have all these modern gadgets that we have and they got along fine and they complained a lot less because they relied upon the Lord to provide for them and thanked the Lord for that provision. In this modern technological age we live in we have gotten away from God and His Word. We think ourselves more educated and better off without the Lord. Well I got news for you. We are lost and on a direct path to hell if we do not keep God in our daily lives and world.

Stop being a complainer and get with God. The Lord Jesus is the sustainer so why be a complainer ? If you have God in your life and a relationship with the Lord as your Saviour then you have all you need. God will supply your true needs. You have to trust in Him and know, believe that He will do what He says He will do in His Word, the Holy Bible.

The children of Israel saw all these miracles that the Lord performed yet they grumbled and complained. For their unfaithfulness to God they were made to wander the wilderness for 40 years and the original ones never saw the promised land. Now think about us and the way we daily complain about what the Lord has blest us with. Are we any different than the children of Israel, who were God's chosen people? The Lord punished them for their groaning's and complaining's against Him. Even Moses did not enter the promised land because he did not hold up God when he should have. We all let God down when we complain about the blessings He blesses us with. Next time before you complain, stop and think about the blessing that you are getting ready to complain about and thank God for it.

You say why should I thank God that I have a flat tire on my car or thank Him for the car trouble I am having? Did you ever think that just maybe the Lord was keeping you where you are a little while longer to prevent you from being in an accident on down the road ? Hmmm!!!
You say why should I thank God for being behind this slow driver who speeds up every time I get to a place where I might have been able to pass them and it keeps me from passing them ? Maybe the Lord knows something you do not and it is being done for your own protection. Don't complain because there is always a reason for what is happening. God knows of what lies ahead of us, we do not. God can see all things, the future, the past, the present and He knows all, we do not and can not. The Lord is protecting us even when we do not realize it. Next time you have car trouble, a flat tire, get behind that slow driver, thank God for it and remember God has a reason for all things and can find the reason in all things, we can not.

Thank the Lord for that snow and rain the next time you start to complain. Yes, we had a horrible ice storm here in Kentucky and the county I live in was the hardest hit. I did not complain about being without electricity for 3 weeks. I thanked God for keeping me and my children and everyone else safe. I thank God for all the people, friends, family, neighbors, strangers, brothers and sisters in Christ who reached out to so many. I thank God for the wake up call of that ice storm as it brought a lot of people to Him in their time of need. There is always a blessing to be found in the midst of something you are complaining about. Look for the blessing amidst the thing you are complaining about and you will find it if you truly seek it with the Lord.


Romans 8:27-28 27) And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
28) And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Proverbs 3:5-8 5) Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

6) In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

7) Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.

8) It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

Thank God For Family And Friends

Yesterday I was not feeling well. It was one of those days when I feel so drained and tired and just want to stay at home and not go anywhere. Which I have a lot of those recently. My brother had called earlier in the morning and asked me if I was going to go to the singing where he and the group he plays with," Old Kentucky Sound", was singing at last night. I told him, I did not think so. He asked why and I told him that I just feel so blah. I am so tired and I do not feel like doing anything or going anywhere. I just felt blah, it is the only word to describe how I felt. So he said okay, he understood.

Well I made a small lasagna for myself, from scratch, since the children were visiting their Dad for the weekend. I had just taken it out of the oven when my brother shows up at my house. He has my cousin Mary Helen with him. They come in and I explain that I had just taken my lasagna out of the oven and invited them to eat with me but they had eaten on the way over. So they told me to go ahead and eat, which I did. They had come over to come and take me to the singing. They did not want me to stay at home and just feel blah as they knew why I was feeling this way. So I hurried and got ready to go with them. I am thankful that I did. God placed it in their heart to stop by and get me and I am thankful that they listened, for I was greatly blest last night.

There were three Gospel groups that sang last night, "Redeemed", "Old Kentucky Sound", and "Jesus First". I did not know that there was going to be three groups but it was indeed a blessing. The Lord's presence could be felt. The group " Jesus First" is one that my friends Ann and Bernard and their family has. I did not know they were going to be there so I was tickled when I saw them plus I got a lot of hugs from so many people, which I needed. The Lord reassured me of His Love within the love of my brothers and sisters in Christ. I also got some gentle teasing from people I have known for a long time, that are dear to me and precious to the Lord. I came to listen to the singers and have a good time in the Lord and that is what I got.

But I got more , I got a blessing and a surprise as I sang with my brother at the end of the evening. I did not know I was going to sing as I had only come to listen and lend support to the groups. But when Ann and her group sang they pointed at me and said you are going to sing. I love to sing for the Lord. It shares His Word, His Love, His Message with others through song. My brother and I sang two songs " Precious Memories" and " When I Lay My Burdens Down". My brother thanked the Lord for me in front of all those people, that I was always there for him and his girls. And that I stood for the Lord no matter what happened in my life, or who it had cost me in my life. I cried because I am not worthy of praise. I am only a worker for the Lord and I love my nieces , my family, friends and all. I will be with them and here for them as long as the Lord sees fit to allow me to be here. They know this. I do not deserve praise, for this is what the Lord has placed me here for, to be a help meet unto others for Him. It is not me but God who deserves the praise for I am nothing. I do what God ask of me to do for Him because of Love. I thank God for my family and that they do know that I am here for them to talk to, to pray for them, to gently reprimand them if needed or in whatever way they need me within the limits that God has placed upon me. But it is not me, it is God within me and working through me for I am but a willing vessel to be used by and for Him.

When we finished singing Sister Ann and Sister Larita hugged me and it blest me so. Then my friend for so many years now, a dear lady, Sister Lavern, who I love so to hear sing, hugged me and said to me," Nancy it is good to see you getting out. It does my heart good to see this as you need to get out for Him. Singing, together, praising the Lord." You see God knew I needed this blessing. He knew why I was down and He cared so much that He used all these people to bless me with. I am so thankful to the Lord for Himself, and for my family and friends. God shows us that He cares in some pretty awesome ways and I am ever so thankful that He does. He worked it so I would be blest last night by using my brother, my cousin and my family and friends to make it so. They all listened to the Lord and did as He asked them to because they cared and loved the Lord. Thanks to all of you for allowing the Lord to use you and for caring enough to help the Lord bring this blessing to fruit.

Our God is awesome and He cares so much for us. Thank You, Jesus, for being an ever present part of my life. Thank You for all. Amen.