Cold Weather / Warm Hearts

                                                                                                           -  photo by Dustin Maust

When I was a kid I apparently made the dreadful mistake of complaining about the weather. I can't remember if it was too rainy, too cold, too snowy or too hot, but I was ticked because my day was ruined.

My mom said, "Mark, never judge a day by its weather."

That was some of the best advice I've ever received.

Some of the greatest experiences of my life occurred when the weather outside was frightful - like when I was hunting Caribou north of the Arctic Circle and sleeping in at tent when it was nine degrees outside. It was awesome.

I got married on a really hot day in June - and it was a wonderful day. It was a day that marked me...forever.

I was fishing in Canada a couple of years ago while it was very cold and raining sideways - and I laughed and yelled as I caught one Walleye after another. It was one of the best days of fishing in my life.

A couple of weeks ago it was cold. It was windy. It was snowing like crazy. I met with thousands of GCC'ers and we delivered more than 6,000 boxes of food and provision to feed 3,000 families across Michiana. It was a fantastic day of joy and sharing - despite the blizzard.

So, I no longer judge a day by the weather. I've learned the weather has little to do with my attitude, my activities, or my opportunities to make wonderful memories of a life worth living.

The TV Weatherman just announced we've topped 60 inches of snowfall this winter. That prodigious snowfall hasn't slowed GCC down, diminished our enthusiasm, or given us one moment's hesitation in working for the cause of Christ.

The value of our days has nothing to do with our weather. Even catastrophic weather anomalies have historically served to drive people closer together and closer to Christ.

I'm honored to serve Christ beside you  -  no matter what the weather.

Ecclesiastes 11:3-4  -  Rain clouds always bring rain; trees always stay wherever they fall. If you worry about the weather and don't plant seeds, you won't harvest a crop.

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