The Purpose of Snow

“You can’t build a reputation on what you’re going to do.”

– Henry Ford, Founder of the Ford Motor Company

With my apologies to all who have been negatively affected by the huge recent snowfalls, I have been blessed by the snow.  The snow has allowed me (or forced me into) the opportunity of doing what I really needed to do, but would ordinarily be too busy to do.  Being snowed in, has allowed me to think about my life without having to worry about doing as much in my life.  It has allowed me to organize (file and trash) mounds of papers representing “one-of-these-days” ideas.  It has given me the opportunity to plan ahead and begin a schedule for things I really want to do in this next year. 

One of those things is this blog.  Some of you know, that I’ve been stuck in the “going-to-write-a-blog stage” since Al Gore invented the internet.  Well, thanks to the snow (and God who provided it!) I’m blogging.  May this be the beginning of the end for many of my dreams.  Lived-out goals are so much better (although messier) than fuzzy, never-going-to-get-there dreams. 

Tomorrow, I’ll tell you about one of my really specific, but doable goals for 2010 that I need your help on. 

So…what has the snow provided you the opportunity to begin (or do more of) that you ordinarily would not get to do?

–Pastor Matt