Emphasis Preaching Journal

The winter of 1993-94 was as severe a winter as we had known; winter storm after winter storm piled the snow up against the windows and doors, the streets and the sidewalks. Snow storms were often followed by ice storms. Great sheets of ice came down and covered the snow, making the streets slick and dangerous. The emergency rooms of hospitals were filled with people who had slipped on the ice, sprained this ankle, broken that wrist. An older neighbor of ours, who lives alone, was one of the people who suffered such a slip.