Another Fine Day of Shoveling

Last night was a beautiful night of light fluffy flakes gently falling to the ground. I haven't seen snow fall that gently since I was a teenager working at Silver Star Mountain Resort in Vernon, BC. It fell so gently, it could have been a Hallmark moment. It accumulated pretty fast last night so I went out and shoveled after my Tim Horton's coffee, and I am about to go out again and shovel the walk because you can't tell that I shoveled. I love the snow, I don't like the cold that comes with it, but I love the snow. When we were in Texas I would tell people that in Canada we can dress for the cold, but down in Houston, you can only get so naked before it becomes illegal. You can do more in the snow than you can without. Like, outdoor ice hockey, tobogganing, downhill skiing, cross-country skiing, snow boarding, telemarking (not to be confused with telemarketing), snow shoeing, dog sledding, ice fishing, etc.

Snow also brings a freshness to life also. It is pure white, and gorgeous and has a sense of innocence with it. Isaiah 1:18 says, "'Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become as white as wool."

So I am going to go out and shovel the snow, and remember just how much I have been forgiven by God our Father through our Lord Jesus Christ. His crimson blood has washed me as white as snow.

Christmas Morning

Well, it is still Christmas morning and the kids have opened their presents. Riley loves his new piano and sawyer loves pushing people around and taking their presents from them. I got an Old Spice gift set. You know you're getting old when you get an Old Spice gift set. So I thought I would read the back of my Old Spice after shave bottle. It says, "Do not apply while smoking." I don't have to worry about that, but the question needs to be asked, "Why would they put that on the back of an Old Spice bottle?" The answer.... Because somebody must have applied Old Spice while smoking. I wonder how much money they got for that stunt? As you open your Christmas presents, have a good laugh and read the warning labels on your presents, and why don't you just go ahead and post the dumbest ones on this blog. Have a Merry Christmas and have a Merry laugh while you're at it.

Tapestry

We are now in Calgary for Christmas time. Calgary has a little bit more snow than Medicine Hat, and it is bitterly cold. The nightly average all week will be -30 Celsius, or - 28 Fahrenheit. It is definitely not metal post licking weather. We got to go to church at Tapestry yesterday. Tapestry is our sponsor church in Calgary, and they treat us so well. They gave us an awesome Christmas present with over $200 worth of Gift cards to nice restaurants and other places, but that wasn't the highlight of church; the highlight was Fran. I have never met Fran before, but Fran has been going to Tapestry for a while now, and she is quite the prayer warrior. She prayed for Pathway, and that we would find a building really soon, but then she went off on a tangent, and the only way to explain it was that she was filled with the Holy Spirit because she started praying about the huge dreams that I had for Pathway that I have never shared with anybody except Leigh. She prayed for the gigantic dreams that we have, and for the people groups we are ministering to. As I said, the only way to explain it was that she was filled with the Holy Spirit and was confirming what we believe God is going to do with us in Medicine Hat and around the world. What a beautiful Christmas gift, thank you Tapestry, and thank you Jesus for blessing us with such a wonderful church family even though they are hundreds of kilometers away.