Snow

In the thirty plus years I've lived up North, I've only seen one month without snow; August.

With warmer weather, and the forecast for an early Spring, it was quite disappointing when I woke up to falling snowflakes and a snow-covered lawn.

But that disappointment soon disappeared.

First, I thought about how happy my oldest son used to get whenever it snowed.  In his teenage years, he and his friends had their own snowmobiles, so when there was the slightest chance for snow, excitement filled the air!  He once told me that his teacher had asked him what his favorite verse in the Bible was, and he referred her to Job 37:5-6. "God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend. For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength."

I smile just thinking about it.

Then secondly, I couldn't help but think of the prayers being sent up to our Heavenly Father from the lips of our local farmers.  This extra moisture is needed for their Spring planting. How could I begrudge answered prayers?  I view this falling snow with a new perspective, and instead of disappointment, it brings gratefulness to a God who always knows what we need, even when we don't recognize the need ourselves.

Thank you Lord...

    For our Spring snow...

        But that's just me!

"It is only with gratitude that life becomes rich!" Dietrich Bonhoeffer

"Gratitude is an offering precious in the sight of God, and it is one that the poorest of us can make and be not poorer but richer for having made it." A.W. Tozer