On This Cold Friday

 

By 4:45 the sky is completely dark and even though this has always occurred this time of year, for some reason, it feels more intense this time around.   Do you notice it too?  It's a very strange feeling.  My daughter tells me she's ready for bed and then looks at the clock and exclaims, "It's only 6pm?!"  

Today it's a blistering 40-something degrees and the forecast is calling for possible snow flurries.  That's an extreme difference from the 70 degrees of last week.  Welcome to Pennsylvania.   I'm thankful for a school van that heats up very quickly and a house with working heat too. 

Even the husky gets herself tucked in pretty early.  

Am I ready for the winter that's to come?   No.  Will I complain about it?  I'll try not to but I can't make promises.  

Happy Friday, friends!   Tonight will be the first Friday we've had in a long time where there isn't a high school football game to attend and I'm glad.  Maybe I'll bundle up with the husky and watch a movie.  We watched Elf the other day, one of my favorites for Christmas time.  I'm now in the middle of one called Like Dandelion Dust based on a book written by Karen Kingsbury.   Maybe I'll finish it tonight.   Tomorrow morning we head north to watch our boy in his collegiate cross country championship race.  It's going to be cold but I'm looking forward to seeing what we can do.  

Well, that's it from me.  I spent the morning listening to my Bible app's reading the Bible in a year challenge.  Today we are in Galatians.  Then I read chapters 3 and 4 in Revelation.   I've been feeling an urgency to read through that book, though it's a confusing one for me.  If you ask me if I believe we are close to the end times the Bible speaks about I will tell you yes.  I'm paying attention to what is going on around us and it's scary but I trust in God through it.  Maybe I'll elaborate more in another post.  Not to scare anyone but to help encourage and prepare.  But for now it's time to throw my bedding in the wash and take on some of those household tasks that are calling my name.  

Until next time ... praying you receive many blessings.