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February Steeple
Pastors Letter
Psalms 119:11 - Thy Word have I hid in mine heart, that I may not sin against Thee.
“ It’s Been Awhile”
It’s been awhile since we’ve had a winter. We got used to fairly good temps and little snow. I remember back in October one of our local weathermen saying, looks like we’re going to have another mild winter. In December it looked like he was right. But January came and winter had different ideas.
Life can be that way. Life just seems to be rolling along, then out of nowhere winter hits. My idea of a great bike ride would be to ride down St. Clair Road, go though town to the Incline Plane, go up to Westmont, then ride back home. There’s no winter on that bike ride. What pedaling there is, is flat and most of it is downhill. Problem is most bike rides as well as life doesn’t work that way.
Winter is easier now for me than it used to be. I’m not driving a tractor-trailer to Buffalo no longer and I have a big leather recliner and a wood burner in my basement that whispers sweet nothings in my ear. But more than that, I’ve the promise that the Psalmist speaks of hidden in my heart. God’s Word tells me Spring is just down the road and once again fish will fear my name.
It may seem that winter has been here awhile and maybe for you it has been a spiritual winter. The key to overcome is to have Jesus in your heart for Jesus is the Word and the Word always overcomes even the darkest of winters. One day Jesus is going to call our name and take us to a place we call heaven. There are no spiritual winters there. Could be in this long winter you need to remind yourself of that.
In The Recliner of Jesus’ Love,
Pastor Tom and Sherri
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