Sometimes You Just Gotta Let the Day Unfold

Weather and politics.  It's our two favourite topics right now up here in Canada, and they are both top stories in the news today.

The weather, because winter is apparently coming back for another tantrum, this time throwing in all the nasty it can muster in a 12 hour period of time.  After last weekend's damaging ice, we Ontarians wait to see how much more disruption might be on the way.

Politics, because...well.  More tantrums.  More nasty.  More potential disruption.  At least that's what I surmise from the news I receive.  And we're all 'bracing' for what it could mean.  For today.  For the long haul.

I'm not a meteorologist.  I'm not a politician.  So what do I know.

Except that the weather forecasts often as not can't tell us exactly how it will be.  And the op eds or Finance Ministers or anyone else who's really in the thick of things don't completely know either.  Might be not so bad.  Might be worse.

Do I cancel some plans where I was going out today?  I'll wait and see.

Do I get in a fret for all that's possibly coming down the pipe economically?  I'll wait and see.  

I'm pausing here, because when I started this post I honestly didn't think it was going to be about much more than just a quick comment on the weather.  And ironically, that's helping make the point I've ended up making here.  You just never know where things are going.

Just one more comment before I head off to other things.  The sentiment in the picture above.  It's sweet, but too tidy for me.  I have it hanging just to the left of my desk, and I need the reminder for sure.  A girlfriend and I bought two of these a very long time ago, one for her and one for me, when we were both going through something big and scary.  It was meant as a reminder to pray for and that we were being prayed for by each other.

But prayer does not guarantee an unraveled day, not really.  The day might unravel in ways unexpected and difficult.  It just might.  I think what's more important is how prayer keeps my heart from fraying into chaotic threads of anxiety, or retaliation, or despair.  

So I'll be praying as this particular day unfolds.    

April's Wisdom

 

Although I don't mind an obvious joke on April Fools' Day, I'm so not into the pranking thing. So have fun, be kind, stay safe and it's all good.

I do love this reminder from the Bible's collection of wise sayings called "Proverbs." Especially in these times of -- what respectfully seems to me -- widespread, harsh foolishness.

"Let love and faithfulness never leave you;
bind them around your neck,
write them on the tablet of your heart.
Then you will win favour and a good name
in the sight of God and people.

"Trust in the LORD with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways submit to Him
and He will make your paths straight."
Proverbs 3:3-6

Some sunny thoughts for the first day of the month.
And also...
Is it really April already?