Good frozen morning! Whee, the sun is shining way down low, but the temp is still below zero! Ming fyngers gots xo colled dis mornin, eye cannt typee! Did you ever come in from a little snow shoveling and feel the temptation to put your hands in the hot oatmeal in place of eating it? This morning is one of those days. By taking your various pairs of gloves outside, you can test and find which ones really cut the mustard on the cold days. Gloves that were on special at the big store may prove less than worthy on the less than zero days, but then again you may have found a real bargain. Gloves that you paid dearly for, may also prove less than adequate, but chances are better that they won't. Not many gloves can beat a good pair of mittens on a day like this. And so does God test the faith of those He calls.
One may be poor, but his faith is solid. Another may be rich, but his faith is shaky. Either may be like a good pair of mittens, because faith does not depend upon net worth. God takes each of us out on the tough days and gives us a good test to see which faith will hold up. We don't like those days though. Let us stay inside where it is warm. Test us on the nice days! Yup, grumbling may be more likely under the test too. And, it may be a sign that the fabric of the faith is tearing a bit. Our faith testing is like being taken out on a cold, cold morning and getting put to work shoveling snow. However, unlike the pure, white snow, what thing did God scoop out of us in this test? What did the Lord find out about our faith under the strain? We may not get an answer on that, but we trust that God did exactly what was needed.
Have a wonderful snowy day in Christ!Bucky
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