IT’S SNOWED!!! It hasn’t snowed all winter, and it finally begins. I’m as happy as ever right now.
Insight: I LOVE LOVE LOVE a cold, snowy winter. It never seemed right to me that there are places in this world that never experience the magic of glistening white snowflakes. Like Florida. Don’t get me wrong, I adore palms trees and beaches, but in winter, there needs to be white, powdery stuff on the ground!
Now you might hate snow. And you have good reason too. It’s cold. It’s wet. It gets you cold and wet. And if you don’t have a scarf and bend your head down to look at something, it falls down the back of your coat and melts on your neck. Brrrrrrr! But there are so many good things about it too.
Why do I love snow? It’s kind of a combination of a bunch of things. I love the way it falls in soft flakes, quietly drifting to the ground. I love how when it descends the whole world seems to stop and freeze in that beautiful moment. I love the way it looks on nature; how it covers the world in a gorgeous frost; how quiet and serene everything is. Even the birds stop and listen to the snow fall.
But I think I love it most because of the symbolism I see in it. When I look at snow it reminds me of Jesus. How before I knew him I was dark and cold and dreary, but then I met the Lord and He covered me with his love; He destroyed the old me and in my place he put His pure Spirit. And of course, after winter comes Spring, and the promise of new life and hope. It just makes me so happy knowing that God loves me enough, that no matter how many offenses I make against him, he’ll always wash away my sin and make me white as snow. Pure. Innocent. Beautiful.
I pray that you find the peace that comes with that knowledge. I hope that you can find it through this simple blog post. Happy (late) Snow Day. :)
3 comments:
You have no idea how much this just touched me. I needed to hear that. Thank you. :)
I'm so happy to hear God is using my words to speak to you. :)
He is, keep writing. I love it. :]
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