LEARNING DAILY

 

Job 37:10, By the breath of God ice is given, and the broad waters are frozen.

 

“Baby its cold outside”! Bing Crosby sang the original song way back when and today it is more than appropriate. I have to admit I needed to go to my concordance to find a verse I could use this morning. It is not meant to be taken out of context or misused. Just for the Bible scholars, this was said by one of Job’s friends who was trying to explain God to him. In reality, I am not sure Elihu had much knowledge of God. Anyway, today’s blog is a little different just because of the cold weather we are experiencing.

 

We moved to Texas so I could work in a large retail business. It was June and I was in the back of an eighteen-wheeler helping unload merchandise when I saw electric blankets coming through. Needless to say, I thought this was the funniest thing I had seen and let everyone know electric blankets in Texas was dumb! It wasn’t until about November when I stepped out of the house and shivered; the temperature was in the low 70s. I guess the joke was on me.

 

Since that time, we have experienced ice storms, a dusting of snow that has closed down the city, a basketball game cancelled because it had begun to snow, last years snow and cold that caused electrical plants not to work and now today’s cold. Schools closed yesterday and businesses are not open because of rain and the threat and strong possibility of ice on the roads. All this is a good thing because no one knows how to drive on these kinds of roads.

 

Here is what I know today. It is cold out and the forecast is for it to get colder. Cold is cold, regardless where you live. For our family in Iowa, I know you have it much colder there. Sorry! So, we stay in. I’m still struggling to convince Ranger, the man and woman’s cat, to stay inside. I have tried and tried to convince him that it is cold but he just does not want to listen. I believe I have written a blog about his lack of listening.

 

By the way, there are electric blankets on in our house. Some people need to have them on to warm up the sheets in order to sleep. I guess I was wrong in making fun of my friends way back then. Stay warm, get the fireplace going, grab the Good Book and know that God warms the heart with His presence.