Job 37:1-13   "At this also my heart trembles, and leaps out of its place.  ² Listen, listen to the thunder of his voice and the rumbling that comes from his mouth.  ³ Under the whole heaven he lets it loose, and his lightning to the corners of the earth.  ⁴ After it his voice roars; he thunders with his majestic voice and he does not restrain the lightnings when his voice is heard.  ⁵ God thunders wondrously with his voice; he does great things that we cannot comprehend.  ⁶ For to the snow he says, 'Fall on the earth'; and the shower of rain, his heavy shower of rain,  ⁷ serves as a sign on everyone's hand, so that all whom he has made may know it.  ⁸ Then the animals go into their lairs and remain in their dens.  ⁹ From its chamber comes the whirlwind, and cold from the scattering winds.  ¹⁰ By the breath of God ice is given, and the broad waters are frozen fast.  ¹¹ He loads the thick cloud with moisture; the clouds scatter his lightning.  ¹² They turn round and round by his guidance, to accomplish all that he commands them on the face of the habitable world.  ¹³ Whether for correction, or for his land, or for love, he causes it to happen.

I hope all of you are enjoying the snow that we have had so far.  I know that many people (including myself) complain sometimes about the weather.  But then we get a beautiful sight of snow and it reminds us just how great of a Creator God really is.  Snow nourishes slowly the creation, and gives us unimaginable views of the world around us.  If you venture out in it, please be careful.

The text above reminds us how about the wonders of God and the creation.  For those of you that have never read through the book of Job, I encourage you to do so.  What you read above was spoken by Elihu, who reminds Job of who God is and what he has done.   Even though we don’t have the same issues in our lives that Job has, I hope that we all can also hear the words of Elihu, and be reminded of the wonders of our God. 

A reminder:  If we have to cancel church for a weather reason, I will try to email and we will call it in to Channel 4 in Greenville.

In our prayers this week:  Ann, Jane’s parents, Charles, Caroline, and Scott.

God’s Peace,