Healthy Tea Day!

I had written a "poem" the other day and quickly filed it away. I remembered it a few days later and was going to take a look at it again, but could not find it. I contacted my dear friend Marianne, to help me pray for this written piece, that God would bring it to mind where I had filed it. After I asked her to pray I ended up not having any time to search for it again. She contacted me yesterday to let me know that she was praying. (She is such a great friend and I can always count on her.) I told her yesterday that I ended up not having time to search for it, but I hoped that when I really needed it that it will just show up. I found it this morning (filed away in my pictures and not in my writings) and thought that I would share it with you for today's tea time.

Although it starts out "It was a dark, chilly morning," it's not. Our days are now humid and hot. Can you believe that in March it is in the 80's here?  But when I wrote this piece, it was a dark, chilly morning and raining.

Beating the Chill

It was a dark, chilly morning, but I hurried over to a good friend's house.

A hot cup of tea will sooth the chill inside my soul

and bless my heart for health.

Now the chill of the day can be good or it can be bad.

A bad chill will consume you and make you feel like

you will never be warm again.

It can shiver your bones, sending you to bed

without a delight in your heart.

If you let it consume you, it will take over your day.

A good chill can be a reminder that you need

to be uplifted with a good cup of hot tea

and maybe some morsels of treats

to delight your whole being,

giving strength to your shivering body.

A good chill can remind you to put more kindling

on the fire to douse that cold feeling.

A cozy fire eases the chill and calms your soul

giving peace to a tiring mind.

Visiting with a good friend will also warm that chill in your heart.

It will give you a new way to review your day

and send you off with lots of happiness.

Whatever it takes, the chill should not have the last say.

Be thankful for the many ways to beat the chill.

As you can see, the chill that I speak of does not just speak of feeling cold.

The chill is in reference to our choices, or having bad emotions.

Whether good or bad, each choice or emotion has an outcome.

So make good choices for yourself, and keep your emotions intact.

Let us make the choice that keeps peace between us and God.

Jesus said to Peter in Luke 22:32, "But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers."

God did not stop Peter from being chilled. Instead Jesus prayed that Peter's faith would not fail and his victory would be a testimony for others. In the same way we are to pray more and to ask God to help us so our faith will not fail or be chilled.

I would like to join Martha at Martha's Favorites for tea today.

Here's to your health!