This has been a week of extreme opposites. We had warm weather and flowers blooming, then in the night I was awakened by a roaring sound. I usually sleep with ear plugs but that night I didn't want to miss the expected tornado siren.
The storm we were experiencing dropped HUGE hail stones on our son's, Ben's, house. We put our Pearl and Lazarus in the Bushnell Garages with the tractor and event chairs! LOL
Then the weather cleared and it was so warm we didn't need to wear a sweater!
The weather seemed to reflect the highs and lows of mission life as well as we supported our friends in their trials and rejoiced with them in their joys, both feasting and fasting. We took on some of their burdens (taking the international dinner off their shoulders) so they could leave the mission and help their children for a little while. Today we made 450 wontons and put them in our freezer for this coming Thursday's event, celebrating women around the world.
and others took on our burdens by offering to help! Because of this "one heart, one mind" attitude we are all able to rejoice even in our trials and all of our burdens became light. This is the joy that comes from centering our lives on Jesus Christ and serving and loving each other as he would have us do.
I am grateful. A snow storm is expected tomorrow...it will snow on the daffodills, but their joyful color will be seen through the snow and make it more beautiful. So is it a "false" Spring? or are the blooms a reminder of what is coming even when there is a storm? Perhaps it's just a "loving reminder" from Heavenly Father.
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