I’m sure we all are aware of the
snowstorms in western New York state and especially the Buffalo area. Because
that area is so snowy, the building codes require homes and businesses to be
able to handle 50 pounds per square foot of snow on their roofs. That would be,
according to structural engineer Mark Bajoreck, as heavy as a slab of concrete 4
inches thick. No wonder they picture people busily shoveling snow from their
roofs.
The hymn lines read:
“Summer and winter and springtime and harvest,
Sun, moon, and stars in their courses above
Join with all
nature in manifold witness
To thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.
Great is Thy faithfulness,
Great is Thy faithfulness.
Morning by morning new mercies I see
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided;
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me.”
And some of the proof lies in this promise of God to our first parents,
“And God said,’behold I Have given you every plant
yielding seed
That is on the face of the earth, and every tree
yielding fruit.
You shall have them for food’ ”. Geneses 1, 29.30.
So snow of winter. Now what is there
to keep us warm? Oil, gas, coal and wood. Roughly 2.5 million households use
wood for heating. If you use oak, you will need 3 cords of wood to heat a 3000
square foot home. If you use soft woods like pine, you will need 5.3 cords. One
cord measures 4x4x8 feet.
“So
all I have needed Thy hand hath provided,
Great
is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me.”
And
may God bless each.
GPD
11/24/14
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