Shoveling, More Shoveling...and well, Shoveling.

Two days ago the weather man said we would get 1-2 feet of snow. I laughed. The snow laughed back as it fell all night.  And so here I am today, exhausted.  Why, you might ask? Shoveling, and more shoveling.  Actually, I got off quite easy, because Chip Whipple (roommate) and myself tag teamed the stairs, sidewalk, driveway, and the road.  I decided to help shovel after thinking I could drive my sporty car in reverse down the driveway, only to get stuck, wheels spinning, and having to shovel around my car.  1 1/2 hours later - we're pretty proud at the giant mountains of snow we had constructed. 

After reflecting on our feat, I wondered if it would have been much easier to get up during the snow storm and shovel the snow when it was light, fluffly, and not so deep.  Take care of the shoveling in short spurts & chunks, instead of dealing with the monstrosity that laid upon the ground all over Ashland.  My arms are tired, fingers cold, and a few Ibuprofin will help the back pain.  Yes, next time I will try my quick hit method versus waiting until the full blanket of snow had fallen from the sky.

After a tid bit more of reflection - I thought about how I handle sin, confrontation, and the annoying bitter moments in life.  Think about it - how often do we wait until the full weight of the problem exists, and then we handle it.  The pain and heartache is much worse.  What if we began to nip confrontation, spiritual laziness, broken relationships, and bad communication in the rear before it piled up into a huge snow ball? What if we sought forgiveness and grace right away when we sinned or jacked up a relationship? 1 Peter 5:7 tells us to cast our cares upon the Lord. I'd like to encourage you to cast your issues, pain, brokeness upon the Lord right away, hitting it in stride, rather than stockpiling grudges, sin, and the such so it blows up into a snow storm.

Speaking of all that, I'll be ready to shovel some more snow this week...hopefully before it turns into 2 ft. high, lots of ice/slush, and I end up with a sore back, frozen nose, and more Ibuprofin!