Weather & Redemption!

What glorious weather we have been blessed with! I told someone that I could stand eleven months of this type of weather and I would not grumble…much. There is so much truth to that statement that I am ashamed. It is our fallen nature to complain…even when we are being blessed. It is much too easy for us to fall into that negative mindset, even those of us who have been redeemed. Did you hear me? Just think about those words for a moment: we have been redeemed. There is nothing that should affect our countenance; not weather, not illness, not tragedy, and certainly not financial strains. Our future is secure; the victory has already been won on our behalf. Paul said it this way, “I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.” (Gal 2:20). How can we grumble, or have a negative attitude about anything if we realize that it is Christ who lives in us? Peter instructs us to “live our lives as strangers here” (1 Peter 1:17), so we might always hold in perspective the fact we have a home in eternity…our journey here is a short one, so we ought to live it as those “redeemed not with perishable things…but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.” With that knowledge we ought to praise God regardless!