Writer's block

I know it has been a long time since I last posted a blog but I've come across having 'writer's block'. Nothing really to write about - that is blog appropriate. Life keeps going with ups and downs and we see God in the midst of it all. He is so faithful!

So what to write about when you don't know what to say? The weather! One of my favourite lines from Jane Austen's 'Sense and Sensibility' is "If you can't think of anything proper to say you shall restrict your remarks to the weather." We have had a week of heavy fog in Langley followed by a day of sunshine and then more snow today. I thought over the holidays we received our quota for 5 yrs. but obviously the Lord had other plans. :) It is a pain to get around in but such a pretty picture to look at.

One of my favourite things I love about the snow is how silent everything is. With rain you know it is raining due to the pelting on your roof, but with snow it comes down so quietly with no one knowing unless you see it or listen really hard. Kind of like how the Lord speaks. You need to listen as it says in scripture, 'He isn't in the fire, and He isn't in the wind, He speaks in a gentle whisper." So enjoy the weather today, wherever you are and let God speak through it. He always does.

The New Year brings new beginnings, organization and everything in HIS hands

HAPPY NEW YEAR! We are slowly getting back into the routine of things here on the west coast. Including rain instead of snow. It is a real mess this week as there is so much snow to melt away but hopefully in a weeks time we will be back to normal.

There is something about January that makes me want to organize and re-organize until everything has a place, every detail is booked and every plan is made. The New Year is a time to refocus things in life that have 'slipped' over the holidays or the year before. I have a list of 'goals'. I'm not big on resolutions as I don't seem to keep them, but goals I do so goals I make!

This is also a week of prayer at our church. It couldn't have come at a better time. With the economy around us and wars overseas it is time to pray, to seek God and ask, 'What is my part in this tiny section of Your world?!' I was reading in Romans today and was reminded again that 'the Lord has the whole world in His hands.' That in itself is such a comfort and peace that He has it all!

So whatever you are facing today, know that the Lord has it in HIS hands! He has GREAT things in store for 2009. All we have to do is choose faith to see it play out in His time.