2014 The Recorded Winter in Mid-West of America, Christian Thoughts

The recorded winter started from 2014 New Year Day.

The amount of snow fall is not so great as you see in the following photos.

This photo was taken Jan. 3 morning.  Yoko swept the snow three times in one day on this porch. It was so cold that the snow was very fluffy, so the porch was finally cleaned of the snow.

As you see the snow was not fall on very much here in Chicago city.  However, Dan-san couldn’t drive for one week or so, because of the snow and the snow was frozen.

All the farmers in the Mid-West would be waited for the snow to the droughty soil.  Last couple years there weren't too much crops at here, because of the drought.  Give thanks to the Lord God who can control the weather.

Can you see the numbers?

This is the snow all number by inches

This photo indicates how cold Chicago is.

This number minus 10 is by Fahrenheit (F).  Chicago meteorologists call this minus “sub-zero” so it is “sub-zero 10.”  It is minus 23.3 Celsius (C).

F……….C

-10…........….. -23.3

0….........…..…-17.8

32....................  0

50..................  10

Well, can you read this numbers?

This number is actual temperature.

This number is a wind-chill (feel like) number.  

From theses numbers can you feel how cold it is?  It was about minus 40 degree F, and minus 40 degree C.

Downtown Chicago and the Lake Michigan

Can you see the Lake Michigan was frozen?  The Lake Michigan is so big like an ocean that it is hard to freeze the lake because the waves are always moving to and fro.  From the unfrozen part of the lake, the steam had risen on the day, Hiroko heard.

People in the Mid-West of America have experienced very cold weather since 2014 New Year day.  In this cold weather Sr. Citizen had an interesting January Bible study.  From James 1:2-4 “²Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, ³because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.  ⁴Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.” 

James is saying that it is better to think of joy to face many kinds of trials.  Please continue to read verse 3 and 4.  The end of the suffering and trials made us mature and complete whatever we have to do.  In this cold weather, if we have been facing any sufferings and trials, we should have joy in our heart, and prospect the end of the sufferings and trials as Bible said that we may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.