Contrast the visual image of a warrior fitted with all of the armor above and a preschooler prepared for his first major snow outing of the season. Hat, mittens, scarf, snowsuit, and boots wrap the child until he can barely waddle into a snow bank. The child knows only the confidence of being cared for, carefully prepared against that cold. Now, put the heartfelt joy, the wonder, and innocent pleasure of that child inside the body of the one outfitted by God to do His work.
Even though the world can be cold, and the cold can be painful and bitter for those with no home or no income to heat the home they have, we are loved. We are prepared.
How can we fail when we reach out through the cold to those who need warming? Share your time, your words, or your gifts, so that you, too, can trust the armor of God like the preschooler.
Dear Lord, Help me open my heart to joy, accept the freedom of your armor, and do your work in this world. I ask all of this knowing that I am prepared by You to do all things You ask of me. Amen.
Ceci Marlow Stuart
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