This coming Saturday's forecast, "Mostly sunny, 59".
Apologies to my friends up north! But after getting hit with icy rain and snow with a little power loss rolled into the mix this past weekend, I am loving the fact that (Lord willing) we will be riding just one week later.
And Sunday is said to hit 63!
The warmer temperatures all week will most likely erase all traces of snow and ice. I'm well aware that some had it far worse then we did, the storm is like that, it hits some hard while only grazing others.
And life is like that too.
I'm sure that as we take our motorcycles out into the sunshine, this past weekend will quickly fade into memory. As you can tell, I am placing my hope in the accuracy of the weather service.
Reading 2 Corinthians today,
"But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body. So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
It is written: "I believed; therefore I have spoken."Since we have that same spirit of faith, we also believe and therefore speak, because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you to himself. All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal." 2 Cor 4 7-18 (NIV)
Just like the memory of this storm will pass (even for those of you up north... it'll just take longer!) the life we live here on earth will soon fade away. One day, each of us will step into an unimaginable place of glory, and see the amazing light of our Savior when we see him face to face.
Until that day comes, we have that hope.
