It's windy. Today the temperature will top out at 27 degrees with winds at about 25 miles an hour, but then again, if you live around the Lancaster area, you already know that.

Catherine the Great once said, "A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or headache." This ties in a little with the new year thing, but can be for any day, really. Each time we open our eyes there's a new day at our disposal with more possibilities than we often realize. Does that just sound like a snotty cliche? Maybe. But if it wasn't true, people wouldn't keep repeating it.

I often repeat Colossians 3:23 in my head during the day, especially at work. This verse reads, "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart as working for the Lord and not for men." As the end of the workday draws near and the site of one more loaf of bread, sticky bun or pumpkin pie makes me queasy, I remember, what if I was slicing and packaging this load of rye for the "Big Guy" himself? I would do everything in my power to make it perfect and pleasant. This is a lot easier said than done, of course, but it truly becomes a way of life after a while. I have by no means mastered this work ethic, but the times I feel I truly live it out, I am really pleasing God and therefore accomplishing what I am really supposed to. I wasn't put on Earth to package breads at Musser's Market Bakery, specifically, but to glorify and encourage God in every little thing I do.

As you and I go out today and tomorrow and the next day, may it be our goals not to just get through the day, but to truly thrive and give the glory of life to the one who supplied it in the first place. Wouldn't it be awesome if we remembered to ENJOY all His gifts rather than grumble and come up with a trillion and one excuses of why we are complaining?

Enough droning for today, time to get ready for my hot date tonight!

:)

Today, I recommend "Horchata" by the Vampire Weekend, there's fun percussion and a good beat to deter the winter doldrums. BONUS, you can download it for free on http://www.vampireweekend.com/.