"Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for." Will Rogers

We got up this morning to a dusting of snow. It got down to 19F overnight and was mid-20's when I got up. The roads were a little slippery on the way to church but they were also mostly empty. We were told most people stay home if there's any amount of snow out there.
It's always surprised me how people in one geographical area get freaked out by weather that's the norm in another. People in AZ would be in a panic over the amount of rain that's no big deal here.

As long as we're doing pics, here's a couple that Pam took of the new woodshed. I still have to enclose that third, closest bay so it can serve as a storeroom. I'll put a couple of the bigger items in there like my compressor, the generator, maybe the chainsaw, and the garden tools. That will clear up more room in Barnette for the truck.
The wood you see to the left is all that we have left of the cord we got about two months ago. Houston, we have a problem. Each bay will hold about 1.3 cords and now that I know how quickly we go through wood I want to have them full heading into next winter.

I heard someone today speak very critically of wealthy Christians. This person cited Christ's command to the rich young man in Mark 10 to sell all he had, give it to the poor, and thereby get treasure in heaven.
It's a pretty bad idea to jump from one short passage about a specific individual to big general principles with universal application, and this one makes a good case-in-point. The rich guy "went away grieving" because he was unwilling to give up material stuff for eternal blessings. The point of this passage is not that wealth is bad, but that it can easily get in the way of the most important thing.

Over 4+ decades in ministry I've known some pretty wealthy Christians. Some of them were hung up on the value of stuff, but many of them were faithful and generous supporters of God's work. Without their financial support lots of good stuff wouldn't have happened.

Never mind that the Bible tells us about some stinking rich people where were clearly in God's favor. Abraham's last name could have been Getty or Rockefeller. The siblings Mary, Martha, and Lazarus had a house big enough and the financial wherewithal to host Christ and the 12 for more than a week prior to the crucifixion. Lydia (Acts 16) was a seller of purple cloth which, back then, was the equivalent of owning a Mercedes dealership.

It sounds righteous in a revolutionary (or self-righteous) way to be critical of wealthy people, but that's a wagon I won't climb on. Screwed up priorities can appear at all income levels, as can humble generosity. There may be special risks with significant wealth, but poor folk are also at risk, just from different pitfalls like the sin of envy. As with most other things, the key is the heart, not the hip pocket (or purse).