--Being Thankful In All Things~

~~"But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.
But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that." --[1 Timothy 6:6-12 / NIV]

--AUGUST IN FLORIDA. Sigh. Unless you live on the equator, you haven't felt heat like this until you've been here in summertime. I
grew up in the suburban Baltimore and saw my share of hot summers, but this is altogether different. The humidity is like being in a
hotdog steamer.

I was born in southern California and spent many childhood summers in coastal Italy with family, so I'm a warm weather sun-loving girl.
But even I sometimes start to groan when I step out into the hot and heavy Florida heat.

Then come Fall and Winter. No Kaleidoscope of leaves, but weather so perfect you can't imagine . Brisk mornings and evenings. Beach-worthy days.
Relentless sunshine.

By January though, the cold days linger. There are a few gray days, and I'm indignant, bundled in my fluffy down coat. The same one I wore in
twenty-degree days up north. The very first year we moved here, I complained bitterly about two weeks of unreasonable cold.

How very fickle and changeable I am. How very very spoiled.
Today, my spiritual aim is to relish today, hot or cold. To be content and grateful.
Thank You, Jesus, for all these blessings. ~~

---Guideposts/ IY~