I Heard Snow

                          The calm after the storm early Sunday morning when all was quiet.

"I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says: "Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again."
                                                  Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

I am so glad I live in the northeast area of the country where I can enjoy all four seasons! I can't imagine living somewhere where it was always cold, or always warm. So much beauty is lost to the eye of a single season.

"Winter . . . the ideal occasion to slow down. To invest a few extra hours in quiet reverence."  Charles R. Swindoll

God certainly made the snow as He did the rain, the wind, the sky, the air. As shared in Job 38:22: "Have you entered the storehouses of the snow or seen the storehouses of the hail . . ." And the great promise of washing our sins as white as snow is something to consider when you see the pure beauty of snow.

              The wind blew and the snow flew! I loved the scene in my neighbors back yard.

The snow of winter, the fragrance and beauty of spring, the shade and loveliness of summer and the brilliance and harvest of fall. It is all beautiful and a feast for the eye and soul.

"Each moment of the year has its own beauty . . . a picture which was never seen before and which shall never be seen again." Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

 

Friday afternoon I snapped this bird house with a bird peeking out the hole. Needless to say, the bird flew the coup and the snow piled it on! 

My famous snow poem (to me) February 23, 2003, Sunday morning, 7 a.m.

I Heard Snow . . .
 
When I opened the back door I heard it
Snow
I was amazed at the sound
A whisper different from wind
Yet, precise; like nothing else I've ever heard
Snow falling from the heavens
My heart rested and listened
I couldn't keep away from my back door
I heard snow falling and thanked God."

"You made both summer and winter." Psalm 74:17

Stunning! My sister-in-law, Bobbie, snapped this out her front living room window early Sunday morning.

"As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease." Genesis 8:22

The girls are having so much fun! The snow's getting hard and they can stand on top of it. They come inside so excited!

I know snow storms makes everything hard for emergency personnel and those with health concerns, just like tornadoes, hurricanes, floods and earthquakes do. God created them all for His purposes and He allows bad things to happen. He has given us free will and there will always be bad choices by the human race.

                                           From the warmth of the house I watched it fall!

So try and forget about the inconvenience of snow, or the ugliness of plowed snow, or the event that was cancelled because of snow. God has made it possible for you to slow down, rest your heart and consider His ways. How can you not be thankful!

From my snow heart to yours . . .
 my very own creation . . . a heart from Ridge Road