Stepping out

We have been in the middle of severe snow storm  around here. I have been having John take me to work as I don't like driving in the wet snow here. Nothing like what I have been use to for the last 10 years. That snow never fazed me. Much drier snow.

It is 10 pm last night, looking longingly toward bed time.  Five am comes early. John comes in from outside, We have thick snow all thru our front yard. Its cold, school is being cancelled for second day in a row.

My feline Joy, who thinks there is nothing in this life,she cannot check out. John comes walking in front door, Joy goes slipping out the door before I can grab her. I am standing out on a wet snowy porch, trying to keep an eye on where she is headed. John is running for a flashlight.  This not so smart cat has hardly spent any time outside,let alone sever weather at night.  I am not sure if she has enough brain in her head to realize if she doesn't come in, she will most likely freeze to death.

I find her favorite snack called temptation and lure her back to front step. As she went to eat it, she stepped into the hoop,my hand.  It all ended well. I may have lost one of her lives!

Later, I thought of our enemy. Satan tries to lure us from the safety of our heavenly Father. He does this by things around us. Things that at first appearance seem interesting

, but will cause us eternal death.  He lures us by temptations that  may cause us to question right and wrong. That may cause us not to hear the small still voice of Jesus.

We need not fall for his traps.  We can go to God's word and find help immediately. We read in James  4:7, Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Romans 8:35-39 tells us that there is nothing that can separate us from God. When we flee to our heavenly Father, there is peace and safety.