We’ve had two snow events and now find ourselves either overdosed from snow cream or recovering from a sledding accident. Either way, I hope you are doing fine. You northerners just need to accept that snow is a big deal for us southern folks. Laugh and poke fun all you want, we’re having fun.

I stayed hunkered down for the most part but did visit the grocery store a couple of times. Harris Teeter is only two miles from my back door so the odds were in my favor as far as traffic issues. FACT: I hate grocery stores. I can never find anything. Product placement follows no logical sequence. However, grocery stores are great places to watch people. I like to watch people. You learn alot when you observe. People are interesting, some more than others.

Not to sound like a nosey pervert, but I sometimes like to access what shoppers have in their carts. The male shoppers usually have beer, some more beer, wine, cocktail mixers, beef jerky, cookies, candy, a car magazine and plenty of potato chips. Did I include beer? The ladies are more practical stocking up on essential food items and household products. What man would ever buy fabric softener unless told to do so by his wife?

As I pondered my shopping cart observations, I thought about what I was "storing up" in my spiritual cupboards. Matthew 6:21 immediately came to mind. Here we are advised to store up eternal treasures in Heaven as opposed to worldly items that will decay or be stolen. Fill your cart with generosity, compassion and service to God. We are reminded that: "Where your treasure is, there your heart shall also be".

I’m gonna work on cleaning up my self centered shopping cart. Jesus, I ask that you forgive me for my "all about me" shopping list. But please let me keep my Haagen-Dazs caramel cone ice cream bars and Reese’s dark chocolate peanut butter cups. My Harris Teeter has a refrigerated display with carry out flowers. I recently saw a male shopper with a red rose in his cart. My guess is a peace offering for the wife. He must have forgotten the fabric softener.