SMOKING HOT...

A few days ago, Sophia had an outdoor soccer scrimmage at night and the temperature was in the low 20s. She wore several layers of shirts and sweatshirts, gloves, and then shorts. Go figure :). Her final weapon against the ridiculously cold weather was toe warmers.

She had decided to wear two pairs of socks and put the toe warmers in between her socks. All of this pre-game preparation took place in our car with the heat turned up to “break a sweat.”

When the time came for the scrimmage, she ventured out into the tundra and for an hour and a half…. and pretty much dominated!!!

As soon as the scrimmage was completed, I noticed her walking over to me in her socks, which is odd because I expect this from the boys…but not Sophie…I was like….  “do you have some shoes to put on?”

And then she blurted out… “my toe warmers burned my feet.”

What?!?

Sure enough, she showed me her white sock and it was literally burned….like smoking and almost flaming burned…burned to the point of blistering burned…

The toe warmers were an attempt to stay warm in a very cold environment and they worked for a little while, but eventually, they stopped working and even made matters worse. The only real solution to the problem of cold weather is to fix the climate…and since we have no control over the weather, we are left with imperfect solutions.

I think this is similar to how you and I function in this world. We are eternal beings who are hard-wired for eternal satisfaction…and yet, we attempt to find eternal satisfaction with imperfect solutions … this never lasts…and sometimes makes matters worse.

This Sunday, I look forward to continuing our series from the book of James, “Faith that Works” with a sermon from James 5:1-11 entitled, “Steadfast and Longsuffering.” We will discover that our longings will never be filled with riches and our only option is to be patient, establish our hearts, and stay focused on eternity (James 5:8).

And on a practical note…I wouldn’t use toe warmers in a soccer game…

There is much more to cover in these verses, I sure hope to see you at 8:00, 9:15 (Full KidCity available), or 10:45 am, or you can watch the Livestream on YouTube (Like and Subscribe) or Facebook at 10:45 am. Additionally, we are also publishing our sermons on Spotify.

I hope to see you soon,
Troy