Good morning and happy Thursday. I got a chance last week to go do something I've never done, snowmobiling. Man was it fun. Beautiful scenery and a good company of friends. I also learned that snow covers up hidden dangers. Yes, I crashed. Banged up a little bit and not thinking it was too bad we carried on. Next day, can't raise my arm. One week later still the same but on the mend real slow. So I was getting some fast food and it was quite embarrassing when I couldn't use my arm to get the order or even pay for it. I had to use my other arm to help it out the window. All this to say how amazing God made us. We were designed by Him to help each other in times of need. It's just a matter of whether or not we do it. You see someone fall, not a friend, you rush to help them. A friend you laugh first then help. Someone trying to get a heavy item in a truck at the lumber store, you help them. If we have been designed by God in His image and instilled with His love and Spirit, why wouldn't we believe Him to help us in our times of need. When the world crashes in, we tend to retreat to our own safe place and bunker down to ride it out. Why? In order for a blacksmith to make a beautiful piece of steel into something, he has to put it in the fire. From that fire comes beauty. It melts all the ugliness away and brings out its beauty. God is there with you in this trial of your life. He is shaping you from the fire into a beautiful piece of work for the world to see that God is alive and well in us still today. It's been sung best, "My God's not Dead". Face your struggles with a smile knowing God is using this time, this season of your life to do something amazing with you. Make sure you give and point all glory to Him when all this happens for you. He loves you more than you know. He is there to lift your arm, to lift you up. In love always. <><