Thankfulness: A Snowy Winter is Actually Good

"A snowy winter, a plentiful harvest."

Seasons: thankfulness

I have been in farm country most of my life. At the same time I have been in the towns nearby so I have heard both sides of the coin.

"Oh, no it is raining/snowing!"

or 

"Oh, my when will it rain/snow?"

I know how important our water situation is for every day and every year so I am thankful for the precipitation!

Matthew 5:43

...“You have heard that it was said, 

‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 

But I say to you, 

love your enemies and pray 

for those who persecute you, 

so that you may prove yourselves to be sons 

of your Father who is in heaven; 

for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, 

and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

For if you love those who love you,

what reward do you have? 

Even the tax collectors, 

do they not do the same?

And if you greet only your brothers and sisters, 

what more are you doing than others? 

Even the Gentiles, do they not do the same? 

Therefore you shall be perfect, 

as your heavenly Father is perfect."

Hosea 10:12

..."Sow for yourselves, 

with a view to righteousness;

Harvest in accordance with kindness.

Break up your uncultivated ground,

For it is time to seek the Lord

Until He comes 

and rains righteousness on you."...

Isaiah 45:6-8

..."So that people may know 

from the rising to the setting of the sun


That there is no one besides Me.


I am the Lord, and there is no one else,

The One forming light and creating darkness,


Causing well-being and creating disaster;


I am the Lord who does all these things.

“Drip down, heavens, from above,


And let the clouds pour down righteousness;


Let the earth open up and salvation bear fruit,


And righteousness sprout with it.

I, the Lord, have created it."...

Isaiah 55:8-12

...“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,

Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord.

“For as the heavens are higher than the earth,

So are My ways higher than your ways

And My thoughts than your thoughts.

For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven,

And do not return there without watering the earth

And making it produce and sprout,

And providing seed to the sower and bread to the eater;

So will My word be which goes out of My mouth;

It will not return to Me empty,

Without accomplishing what I desire,

And without succeeding in the purpose for which I sent it.

For you will go out with joy

And be led in peace;

The mountains and the hills 

will break into shouts of joy before you,

And all the trees of the field will clap their hands."...

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