Why must it always be a Sunday when bad weather hits? You would think God would be sure to have ugly winter weather arriving early in the week rather than mess up a perfectly good Sunday. Our forecast is still taking shape but it does not look promising for us. I will be happy if we can just avoid the sleet this round. Snow never bothers me. We get so little of it here in Texas that it is more event than trouble. Cold rain can be even worse. You just get wet without any benefit of seeing snow fall. Right now it appears that we will get all three. One can only pray that God will mercifully allow us to miss the ugly part.

Church people and weather make an interesting combination. It's said that it takes a barrel full of water to make someone a Baptist but only a few drops to keep them away. Winter weather always brings out odd behavior. Snow and other winter weather was always a possibility when living in the Panhandle. The same people who drove in the weather on Saturday to get to the store would be the ones wanting to know if church was cancelled. My attitude was if you can drive to the store on one day then you can get to church the next day. Guess that makes me sound a bit mean but it's how I viewed it.

All you can do is plan for Sunday with no promise that the storm will pass us by. There are indeed times when all you can do is cancel services due to weather. It was a hurricane that got us a few years ago. You can trust that people will know their limits in terms of driving in a wintry mix. I do trust that God knows what He is doing when it comes to winter storms. You can only hope that it does not cause damage for anyone. I especially desire that it not get to a point where we lose power. That will make things even more difficult at my house. Let us pray for the best scenario this weekend. There is still time for the weatherman to be wrong.

Bro. Trey