Life in Christ

A life in Christ is a life of restfulness. There may be no ecstasy of feeling, but there should be an abiding, peaceful trust. Your hope is not in yourself; it is in Christ. Your weakness is united to His strength, your ignorance to His wisdom, your frailty to His enduring might. So you are not to look to yourself, not to let the mind dwell upon self, but look to Christ. Let the mind dwell upon His love, upon the beauty, the perfection, of His character. Christ in His self-denial, Christ in His humiliation, Christ in His purity and holiness, Christ in His matchless love --this is the subject for the soul's contemplation. It is by loving Him, copying Him, depending wholly upon Him, that you are to be transformed into His likeness.

From Steps to Christ pg. 46

Whiter Than Snow

This is what I think about when I see snow:

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Ps. 51:7

So, I thought I would share some pictures around here of the snow.

Here's Max, the king of his "Snow Castle" :

Here's the garden--I guess we won't be planting anything here for a minute:

Here we are tucked away in our little valley:

This is coming down our drive:

Some days are just picture perfect.

Which road do I take????  Remember this picture a couple of post ago?   How the landscape has changed.

Can you actually guess how cold it is???  Very!!!

Pure beauty!!!!

See more beautiful winter pictures at Consecrated Families