Christmas Storm

It's early in the morning on Christmas Eve here in Wisconsin. I've been watching the weather on TV and the Internet and checking road conditions.

As you may know, the Midwest is in the middle of a major winter storm. Two days ago I thought our little neck of the woods would be spared, and our family would all have safe travel for Christmas. Today, I'm not so sure. We will be spared the heavy snow that will occur to the west of us but we will have sleet and freezing rain, making the roadways ice covered and slippery.

The plan is to meet at church this afternoon and then to our house for turkey dinner, gifts, and games. Will everyone make it here for Christmas- safely? Will we make it to church? So much is up in the air right now because of the weather.

We are very good at making plans for the future but God sometimes has other ideas.

A winter storm on Christmas!?!

There is a reason for it. Maybe a million reasons for it. Reasons we will probably never understand this side of heaven. We can rest assured, though, that our Sovereign God is in control. So, even though we have plans, we can go with the flow and patiently wait to see how God will allow this to play out, and how he will reveal himself to us through this situation.

We are depended on him for safe travel just as we are dependent on him for salvation. The Christmas story reminds us of how God knows exactly what we need and how to provide for us. If he can take care of our biggest need (salvation from sin) then we can rest assured he's got all the small stuff covered, too.

Lord Jesus, Thank you so much for coming to earth as my Savior and for laying down your life in payment for my sin. I pray for safe travel for my children today and tomorrow. I pray that you reveal yourself to us in amazing ways during this Christmas season. Amen

Merry Christmas everyone!