Helpful, right?

"God is at work in you..." (Phillippians 21:13) God was certainly at work this week in the Snyder home enabling my daughter to dig right in and help out with the rite of passage around here that we call apple season. Until this past Sunday we had no idea that there was a wonderful apple tree in our backyard. Thank you Sandy and Sheryl for pointing this out. What I thought was "just another crab apple tree" became a discovery of pure joy. For those of you living in apple country it has been a great year for sure. God has been at work in many things to bring out joy in the mundane things such as rolling out dough and baking pies. Kjersti loved the chance to "help" Daddy as you can see above.

Certainly this rite of passage was something that I remember from childhood, the chance to get my hands dirty and bring about something wonderful such as apple pies, cookies, and the like. How do we witness the "God at work in you" in our neighbor, our families, and in our loved ones?

It is a joy to be a parent of a toddler. God is at work in so many things as Kjersti in preschool has learned the songs of faith such as "Jesus loves me" and "Jesus loves the Little Children." It is easier at times to see the work of God in children and not so easy to see it in others beyond children.

Believe in the many and various ways that our Lord Jesus comes to us, be it in the playful laughter of our children, in the smile of a neighbor, or in a "pie and coffee" social time with a dear friend - in all these things search and embrace the presence of a God who is real, tangible, and loving in many and various ways indeed.

Time to peel more apples!
Pastor Kris