It started snowing last night. By morning the ground was covered with a nice thick fluffy layer of snow. It isn't too cold but it is cold enough so that the snow doesn't seem to be too heavy - at least from the looks of it from my window.
I was sitting thinking on 1 Timothy 6:11 about pursuing righteousness (see my previous post) when I heard such a clatter outside that I sprang (ok, I didn't spring) from my chair to see what was going on. A really bundled-up neighbor, at least I assume he is a neighbor and a male neighbor at that, was on his lawn tractor with a blade mounted on front cleaning the snow off my driveway.
What a wonderful gift. Completely undeserved. Completely unexpected. Completely without cost - at least on my part. It cost him warmth, time, fuel for his tractor, wear and tear on his tractor, etc. But he gave this gift of a cleared-off driveway anyway. No strings attached. No payment due.
Isn't that just exactly what God did for us? He cleared off the snow and other obstacles from the driveways that lead straight to Him. This gift cost Him dearly but cost us absolutely nothing.
Thank you, Jesus and Lord God for this wonderful and undeserved gift that we can never repay. amen.
I was sitting thinking on 1 Timothy 6:11 about pursuing righteousness (see my previous post) when I heard such a clatter outside that I sprang (ok, I didn't spring) from my chair to see what was going on. A really bundled-up neighbor, at least I assume he is a neighbor and a male neighbor at that, was on his lawn tractor with a blade mounted on front cleaning the snow off my driveway.
What a wonderful gift. Completely undeserved. Completely unexpected. Completely without cost - at least on my part. It cost him warmth, time, fuel for his tractor, wear and tear on his tractor, etc. But he gave this gift of a cleared-off driveway anyway. No strings attached. No payment due.
Isn't that just exactly what God did for us? He cleared off the snow and other obstacles from the driveways that lead straight to Him. This gift cost Him dearly but cost us absolutely nothing.
Thank you, Jesus and Lord God for this wonderful and undeserved gift that we can never repay. amen.
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