Hard to believe, but at the very same moment it was 85 degrees at home while snow was falling in big flakes and accumulating on bushes and the lawn at our house. That seems like an impossibility, but it's true and both Karen and I were witnesses to it. Many of you might have the apparent dilemma figured out, but for those who don't, the answer is: it was 85 degrees at our "motor" home in Arkansas where I am, and snowing at our house in Colorado, where Karen is on "sabbatical" for medical appointments and being with Her sister, Jinny, who had surgery yesterday.
Words, when not fully explained or taken out of context, can lead us to wrong conclusions, cause confusion or anxiety and if passed on before being substantiated, can lead to fear, panic, mass hysteria and action being taken which cannot be reversed or undone. The "War of the Worlds" radio panic of 1938 is very easily revisited in our time by the ability we have to rapidly disseminate "news" by a wide variety of mass media, social media and broadcast media sources. We have the very real capability of jumping to conclusions too quickly based on what may be unreliable, fabricated or even intentionally repeated false information.
The facts of our 85 and snowing story: both situations are true and in the area between Arkansas and Colorado at that very same moment was violent weather, including tornados, thunderstorms and heavy rain and hail in parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas. That system is the tail end of a system which brought that same weather as far north as Wisconsin yesterday.
We live in difficult times, but probably no more difficult than any other time in history. Opinions are strong, people are on edge with all their different beliefs, prejudices, pet peeves and social agendas. There seem to be any number of straws which can break your camel's back and we face tipping points at every turn. We all need to lighten up, take a deep breath, cool our heals, look at the glass half full, turn off the national news and talk radio for a while, chill, relax and be thankful for all we have and know that there is a better tomorrow waiting for us......God is not surprised by what's going on, never was surprised by what has already happened and has the future in His complete control. And all we need to do is seek His Truth, and.........Rest In Him.
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