This is it from last winter! Hope you have enjoyed these.

February 16, 2013

Hi to All of You on this sunny Sat. a.m.,

I have a different view this morning as I sit with Jesus and look out the front window. Instead of my back yard, I look toward the east. He has given me a wonderful view of the lake today. The sun is streaking through the trees leaving stripes of glitter and gold on the ice. What a glorious design and a different one everyday, if you look for it. Wouldn’t it make a glitzy dress if I could convert it to fabric?

I was hoping for your answer to my lesson about the bullying dumb crows and the yellow-bellied smart squirrels and I did get a few. One person saw the crows as the troubles that come into every life. They are to be handled with prayer and praise for what you do have. Great answer.
Another person saw them exactly as I did. Looking at them strutting about in their own selfish ways, I was reminded of a story about my dear Pastor who has since left us to be with Jesus. He was such a godly man; kind of short and round, not a commanding figure at all until he spoke. But when God’s word came pouring out, you sat up and LISTENED. He was mild mannered too, until he got behind the wheel of a car, his foot got very heavy and he more often than not said some unflattering things about the other drivers who he felt were interfering with his procedures. His quiet unassuming little wife would say, “Now, Harold, the Lord loves them, too.”

That’s what I learned about the crows. God made them and they must have a purpose, even though they appear ugly and useless to me. Like some people, they appear totally detrimental to the community – bossy and mean, always taking, never giving, blocking my plans and spoiling things for others. But God loves them too. So I learned not to judge folks but to be tolerant because they, too, are God’s children. Let’s hope I can act on a lesson learned.

One word in my reading this morning really stood out. That word was “complacent.” Jesus said we weren’t hot or cold, but lukewarm, and He didn’t want us that way. He would spit us out! Well! I certainly don’t want to have that! I do pray to be passionate about my Lord. Sometimes I don’t know how, but in the business of each day, I will try to put Him first in my thoughts and actions. This is HARD, but I will not be COMPLACENT!! I will not relegate Jesus to an occasional thought nor will I think I am OK because I go to church on Sunday. My resolution for 2013.

I love you all. Irma Jane Fritz-Zager