Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Soddy Teepee

I promised myself that I wasn't going to write about the weather again...for a very long time.  Then winter refused to go away.  My buddy Michael Thom (Pastor at Willow Lake Baptist in arghWinnipeg) posted this photo online.  The extreme difference from last year to this year is stark enough to get us wondering if global warming is misnamed!  Regardless, I often think about those who didn't have central heating, insulated homes, and thermostats to bless them.  Yes, I'm thinking about our forefathers who used to live in this land without electricity, natural gas, and heated car seats.  When they would wake up in the morning in their soddy or their teepee, their first order of business wasn't to have a hot shower or put the coffee pot on... it was to put wood on the fire (wood that they had gathered and split all summer) so that they wouldn't freeze to death!  Then they would have to head outside to milk the cow so they would have milk for breakfast...and then go out and cut ice out of the creek and bring it back to the ice house (a hole in the ground) to save for the summer!

Yes, we have it tough.  The previous tenants of this area of the world were troopers.  Hardy.  Tough.  Hard working.  

So, the next time you think you want to complain about the weather, be glad you weren't born 300 years ago...or 2000 years ago... which brings up to Easter... next week.

Joell
PS.  Happy Birthday to my beloved wife on Friday!!

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