A white shaded Hodgepodge

 

It's Wednesday Hodgepodge

Joyce asks the questions:

We answer the questions.

HERE

1. What kind of winter person are you-snow lover, fireplace snuggler, winter adventurer, or indoor hibernator? Elaborate. 

I would be a snow-lover if we lived in an area where there was snow.  We rarely get snow but when we do....I LOVE it.  I would also be a winter adventurer if we had a cold winter.  

2. The Pantone color of the year is cloud dancer, described as a gentle, billowy off white shade. The color symbolizes 'peace, clarity, quiet reflection, renewal, and a soft reset'. Of the terms just listed which do you need most in your life this winter? 

Out of these words, I would choose quiet reflection for me.  I think my soul is tired of the constant noise in life.  The media!!  The constant complaining from people!! The entitlement era. 

3. Every cloud has a silver lining, on cloud nine, head in the clouds, storm clouds gathering, or cloud of suspicion...which 'cloud' idiom do you most relate to currently? Explain. 

Hmmm... I think "Every cloud has a silver lining."  Why?  Because I am choosing to believe that even hard moments carry hidden purposes. This reflects hope.  I like the idea of thinking that a struggle is never wasted and that something good can emerge from difficulty.  Look beyond the storm and trust that the light is still present.....EVEN WHEN IT'S HARD TO SEE!

4. coconut, cauliflower, cottage cheese, mayonnaise, onions, ranch dressing...of the white foods listed, which would be the hardest for you to give up? Do you like all or any of the foods on the list? 

I don't do mayonnaise and I for sure don't do onions.  Cauliflower I could do without and coconut is not a fav.  Cottage Cheese I suppose.  Only if I have cottage cheese with fruit.

5. Thomas Wentworth Higginson is credited with this quote-

"How many lessons of faith and beauty we should lose, if there were no winter in our year." 

Agree or disagree? Tell us why. 

I agree with this quote because winter, both in nature and in life, teaches lessons that other seasons simply cannot teach us.  I think that Winter slows us down and invites reflection into our lives. Don't you think that without winter we might would miss the beauty of endurance?

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

Thank you Lord for an answered prayer.  

"You have not because you ask not"

James 4:2

This very verse came to my mind yesterday morning around 3:00 am.

I was praying for a specific need for my granddaughter.  She was facing a very hard Test yesterday morning that she needed to pass.  I prayed not out of fear, but out of faith, believing that God cares about EVERY detail of her life....even a single test on an everyday morning. 

Whether the answer comes exactly as we hope or if it comes in a way we don't expect, I know this....God hears when we ask.  

** Tori called me around noon yesterday crying...these were happy tears...She PASSED the test!!  

Thank you Lord!!

Sending hugs to everyone:

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