Think it's cold? This is just the opening act...

Proverbs 24:12

12 Don’t excuse yourself by saying, “Look, we didn’t know.” For God understands all hearts, and he sees you.

In Minnesota and the rest of the upper Midwest we are going to experience lows like we haven't experience is a long time. Right now it is sleeting outside and according to the Doppler radar right behind this sleet is a massive cold front that will bring temperatures down to -70 degrees windchill and we will be in this perpetual state of freeze until at least Wednesday of this coming week.

 For the first time in history the Governor of Minnesota closed all public schools because of a concern for the children walking to school bus stops and waiting for school buses that may or may not come because mechanical issues of operating them in the cold. 

This same week two ships carrying scientist on a mission to explore the impact of global warming in the Antarctica are stuck in the ice because their passageway froze up which meant they had to send in rescue helicopters to bring the tourists back to safety. 

Billions are spent on elaborate systems to help us understand weather patterns.  We know more about weather thanks to the Doppler radar system than we ever knew before.

 The mission of the scientific mind, it seems, is to to discredit God and everything that is written about Him in his word.  In Turkey, for example, the recent melting of some of the mountain peaks has revealed the outline of Noah's ark. Steering at this evidence man still tries to find a way to discredit the very reality of the Bible's existence by pursuing other explanations that only the scientific mind can create.

 There is one thing that the scientific model can never touch.  They try to touch it by redefining the human condition. They call an unborn baby, for example, as mere blood and tissue.  They try to convince us that when we die we just go into a state of 'nothingness' where life ceases to exist.  Despite of it all God has a way of humbling the scientific mind.  

The scientific mind is worthless in terms of addressing the needs of the human condition..  When grief and sorrow occur the scientific mind tells us to just get over it.because our loved one is simply in a state of nothingness.Issues such as grief and sorrow can never be explained through science.. Those of us who have lost a loved one understand this better than most and we understand that being in God's word and praying when in crisis is the only thing that brings any sort of comfort to us.

  I know when we lost our little girl our ache could only be comforted through the words we read in his Bible and simply placing one foot in front of the other and attending a place of worship.  Just knowing that when life on earth ceases to exist and we are ushered into Heaven because of what Jesus Christ did on the cross of Calvary brings me comfort. Just knowing our loved one is in Heaven experiencing eternal life because of what Christ did gives my grieving soul comfort. 

This weekend, aside from watching the Green Bay Packer's play in the ice bowl, I will be respecting the extreme cold and spending some extra quality time 'swimming' in God's word.  Perhaps these extreme weather patterns we are experiencing is God's way to reminding us to slow down and listen to what he has to say to us in the word of God. So grab a hot cocoa, find a quiet spot to read and let His word sink in. You will be glad you did.