Yes. I prayed for snow and love snow. One of the things I don't like is all the
school that the kids have missed year, yet the snow that we have gotten since
1pm Wednesday afternoon is incredible.
It really is beautiful.
Wouldn’t
let us miss a day of e-devotions, but I figured I’d give you a play by play of
what our snow day might be like. No,
this won't be a spiritual diatribe of what a believer ought be doing when the
weatherman is right about a super snowstorm.
This is a personal look at the Harrison how and some of what I am
thinking. Here you go (maybe this is a
warning to look away if you must):
Habakkuk 1:5 NLT
The Lord
replied, “Look around at the nations; look and be amazed! For I am doing
something in your own day, something you wouldn’t believe even if someone told
you about it.
When
the snow began, it was like the flood gates opened with a white wave of fluffy
blowing goodness. Within 45 minutes the
ground was holding tight to the snow and cars began to be covered. The roads were slick when I left the church
and drove home. People were already
sliding all over the place.
Reports
were being heard about stranded motorist and horrible road conditions as the
snow piled up … 1 inch, then 2 and on to more and more snow (at the writing of
this post we have had about 6 inches of snow at our home with more coming).
My
heart is heavy, as always, for the people who are cold, hungry and
hurting. Yet I hear stories of kind
people doing great things. I am grateful
that our community has lots of kind people willing to stop and help people in
needed.
As I
arrived at home our middle daughter had baked chocolate chip cookies (oh my,
they were good). Through the rest of the
evening we watched the Olympics and then ate dinner as a family. We are preparing for a full snow day.
This
day will consist of sleeping in, interacting with family, reading, resting,
playing in the snow, making and eating snow cream (snow based ice cream: 4 cups
of snow, 1 cup cream or mild, ¼ cup sugar, 1 tsp vanilla), and much more as a
family. We look forward to days like
this where we can kind of block out the world, enjoy some quiet, take in the
beauty of a snow day and gain some perspective on our lives and God’s blessings
on our lives.
Psalm 46:10 NLT
“Be still, and know that I am God! I will be honored by every nation. I will be
honored throughout the world.”
When I
was young, my dad and I would load up the car (around 1980 or so) and head to
Littleton, Colorado where my g-ma and g-pa lived. It was always fun seeing something we don’t
get much of… snow. Most of the trips
were at spring break, but we visited during the summer as well. I remember playing in the snow in July as
well as shoveling snow, or more like playing in it, with two or three feet of
fresh snow. It was bright and cold. It went on for days and days, miles and miles
it seemed.
I
loved the snow, but there is a time for it to be gone. We need variety to change things around us or
to give us a new look at life. In
conversations this week I was reminded of the definition of insanity. It is when you do the same thing over and over
while expecting different results. Thus,
if you want something different, you have to do something different.
I pray
that God will keep us warm and safe. I
pray He will open our eyes to the people who are in need and help have the
resources and the energy to make a difference in the lives of the people around
us. I pray we will spend some time with
God that might be out side of the norm and listen intently to what God wants to
say. Guidance. Strength.
Courage. Vision. Love.
Peace.
Let
God make your snow day (or whatever day you are having) an extra special one by
spending time with Him and by gaining new perspective.
2 Samuel 22:31 NLT
God’s way is perfect. All the Lord’s promises prove true. He is a shield for
all who look to him for protection.
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