“God thundereth marvelously with His voice; great things doeth He, which we cannot comprehend. For He saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth” (Job 37:5-6a).

Elderly Elizabeth came to the place where she agreed that she couldn’t live alone any longer. For several years her family had wanted her to move in with them. She didn’t want to be a burden as she would put it. Nothing could be further from the truth. She soon admitted that she was delighted to be around the happy noise and activity of her family. One of the favorite times of her day came when the family would gather for their ‘evening worship,’ as they called it. After the Bible reading, her son would ask his family if there are any prayer requests. One summer evening, her little five-year old grandson, Joshua, raised his hand. He had a prayer request. Being called on by his daddy, he spoke right up saying, “In children’s church my teacher said that God says to the snow, ‘Head on down to the world.’ I want God to send snow to us.” Smiles abounded. Several other prayer requests were taken, and a sweet time of prayer was enjoyed by the family. As soon as the prayer time concluded, before anyone could say a word, Josh ran to the window, peeked outside and said, “Not yet. But I still want it to snow.” Later that night, Elizabeth looked in her concordance and found our verse for today. The sweet prayer time continued that night as she reflected on the blessings of belonging to her great and awesome God.

For today: How about you? Aren’t you glad that you belong to the Lord? Don’t you wish everyone did?