a new ponder

So I don't know why I tend to do this to myself when I love my sleep but I did it anyways. Last night I had a chip ahoy flavoured cappuccino from 7-11 (used my 7-11 buck) and decided to look through my summer snapshots and memories on my camera before I tucked myself in, which meant tired eyes and a lot of rolling in bed due to the caffeine. I don't even know what time I went to bed, last time I looked at the clock it was midnight... but i couldn't sleep for a long while.

I awoke to twitchy eyes but as I went to the washroom I looked out the window and saw... not to my surprise but SNOW on my neighbor's roof! I go back to my room, look out the window and saw snow on my lawn (my room faces the backyard), and all the other houses' lawns! Old Man Winter is definitely upon us (what a disappointment, see below) although the snow did go away by the time I left church.




Speaking of which the sermon made me think a lot today. I realize a lot of times I get annoyed by people who don't show up at church consistently because of personal reasons aka excuses. Today I realized that maybe instead of always picking on those negatives when they don't show up or serve, I should be praying more and help them in realizing what they should be doing instead. Its not as easy as it sounds, but maybe this new approach will turn things around for that person? A friend also reminded me today that "its all up to God". Just the answer I needed, sometimes the answer is God. Let God do his work and step away. Maybe when I step out of the picture, God can finally do what he wanted to do. Maybe I have been trying to help his plans, and in turn it backfired.

Maybe.