Thankful Thursday....on a Saturday ;)

The past couple of weeks have been cold. I don't mean cool, I mean ARCTIC COLD! But don't get me wrong - I love living in Texas because we have seasons here. It's nice to have a taste of winter a couple weeks out of the year. Then springtime comes and everything is so beautiful! I can't wait for spring....

But today I am thankful for the sunshine. It's 44 degrees outside right now and a bright blue, sunshiney day! "This is the day that the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it!" It really makes me look around and be thankful for everything God has created for us to enjoy. With this coldness comes new life and beauty.



This is what it was like last Wednesday at my parent's house. The morning started out at 45 degrees. We dismissed early from school because at noon the temperature had falled to below freezing and ice was forming. I drove up to get my munchkins from their grandma's house and the temperature dropped so fast that these cool-looking icicles formed on the plants, cars, and houses.

We have to go through the cold of winter to be able to rejoice in the springtime. A lot like life, huh? We have trials and "dark" times in our lives that we have to endure through to bask in the sunshine of springtime!

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!" 2 Cor. 5:17