A Proverb a day gets you on your way!
Here is the Daily Dose for Thursday, January 22, 2016.
A prudent person foresees danger and takes precautions. The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences. Proverbs 22:3
Let It Snow
So on Wednesday an awesome snow storm hit the greater Washington, D.C. area. It crippled the city. There were accidents everywhere. Twenty minute commutes took three hours. People were stuck in their offices over night. Tempers flared. People were frustrated. Insurance companies lost millions in the claims they were going to have to pay out. How much snow caused this catastrophe you ask, 1.5 inches. Yes, an inch and a half of snow crippled the nations’s capitol. We kind of.
You see what crippled the area was not the snow, it was the lack of planning and preparation. An inch and a half of snow over a few hours is not really that much. The problem is, when the temperature is well below freezing, snow hitting the ground immediately turns into ice. A pure sheet of ice. The municipalities of the area were so focused on a coming large storm days later that they forgot to pretreat the roads for the small dusting that was hitting at the time. This lack of preparation for the now, led to millions in damages, and a lot of very angry citizens. If the leaders had prepared for the now, none of this would have ever happened.
In life, as in snow storms, success comes to those who prepare. It is not enough to prepare for the big things down the road, you also have to prepare for the small things right in front of you. Laying the ground work for what is coming now, will keep you safe on the road ahead. They say a large snow storm is about to hit the east coast. Heres to hoping that we are better prepared for two feet than an inch and a half.
Be Blessed,
Rev
Daryl Williams 