Catching Up With Katy

Good Morning Dear Readers!

Last night we received a very welcome phone call declaring today a "Snow Day." To fall on a Friday means a long weekend and this delights the boys!

 I have just made peace with Wonderdog who completely irritated me this morning with a rompous fit over a loose dog in the yard. He has since warmly offered puppy kisses to my cheek, and I have given in, as usual, to those sparkling dark eyes.

As you are aware I have been reading "Stepping Heavenward", by Elisabeth Prentiss. I so enjoy this book and this author. The book is about the lifelong, spiritual journey of Katy, a fictional character, but someone that you and I can relate to. Her journey to godliness begins at age sixteen and that is when we are introduced to her and her family.

In 1838-1839 Katy becomes a mother. She is fascinated with baby Jotham Ernest, named after his father.

A close friend of Katy's shares a book with her titled, "The Imitation of Christ."
In that book are Four Steps To Peace:

1.) Be desirous of doing the will of another rather than thine own.

2.) Choose always to have less, rather than more.

3.) Seek always the lowest place, and to be inferior to every one.

4.) Wish always, and pray, that the will of God may be wholly fulfilled in thee.

I thought I'd leave you with that list over the weekend. And also leave you with a comment from Katy's husband. "When a man has been all day encompassed with sounds and sights of suffering, he naturally longs for cheerful faces and cheerful voices in his own house."-Ernest

It is not easy to become self-less. In the quietude of the snowfall, if we ponder the portion that is ours and thank God for that perfect piece that he has entrusted to us, our gratitude to Him enables us to want the best for the ones we love.

Today I pray that you will meditate on the eternal. If you are "cooped up" or snowed in, confined to four walls, thank God that you are not a shovel!

Blessings,
Alis