Of snow, a sore loser, and a faithful God

Last week Virginia had the biggest snow/ice storm that I can remember. We've had snow here before, but not like this. The storm moved in last Tuesday, and kept us all home on Valentine's Day. There weren't that many inches of snow, but the ice on top of the snow created the yucky aspect of the storm.
Katie, my roomie, and I had parked our cars in our driveway. I started trying to dig them out on Wednesday night, but alas, I didn't get far. On Thursday a group of guys plus a few of us girls took our lunchbreak to go rescue the cars. It took 5 of us about an hour. We used an ax, metal shovels, and a pick-ax! The ice was solid enough that Patrick Henry students went ice skating in the soccer field...wearing ice skates.

I discovered something about myself yesterday. When it comes to chess, I am a sore loser. The dreaded rematch came, and I lost not one, but two games, badly. By the time I lost the second game, I was ticked. I wasn't mad at Peter, but I was so frustrated with myself. I'm still trying to figure out why, but here's the conclusion I've come to: Jeremy and I used to play chess all of the time, and he almost always won. I would get so frustrated losing over and over again. Sigh, this feels like the same situation. Different guy, same situation, same game. Thankfully, Peter and I are still the best of friends, I still think he's the coolest guy ever, and I even told him that I'll play him again...next week!:-)

I've been thinking lately about the amazing God I serve; about the fact that He wants to know us personally, and that He desires a relationship with each of us. Peter and I had the most amazing opportunity to share our faith with a man last night. He's an old friend of my neighbor's and came to visit for the weekend. He is originally from England, but he now lives in the states. We talked about so many aspects of God and the Christian faith, and I find my mind still going over the many things that were shared.
We talked about how Christianity is a relationship with THE God of the universe; not a religion, but a daily walk with Him. In what other religion do you have the god of the particular religion wanting to have fellowship and relationship with mankind? It's truly an amazing thought! Peter and I were so blessed to be a part of the seed-planting in this man's life. There was much more, but I find myself short of time. I will stop for now.

God is amazing, and I feel blessed to know Him.

Have a great day!