Some thoughts on snow :)

...It snowed, beautiful white sparkly snow, the kind that sends a shiver of delight down your spine and chill of anticipation through your soul. And here I am. In the city. In a house with a dear old lady. On a street full of houses and cars. In a neighborhood full of busy people. In a town full of slushy brown slippery streets, and mountains of salty brown grime piled every way you look. There is something about that snow that loses its glory here, that bit of creation I long for and cannot find, ruined here in man's manufactured “bliss”, and they don't even know what they are missing out on. I want so badly to go out to the farm, the land I know as my home. I want to step out of life for a moment, take a walk in the trees, and listen to them whisper deep secrets to one another, secrets that float above the glistening whiteness far and near. Secrets so soft, so quiet, and so precious they entirely drown out he drone of life and stress around. God made those trees, and they speak of His glory. He crafted the shine and glass of a snowflake, intricately designed, with no two alike...then in a moment, the abyss above our ignorant heads is filled with His handiwork, so fine no one of us could ever come near to imitating it. In the silence, the snow floats and twirls its way down to the quiet earth, where it lays. And hour upon hour go by, as layer upon layer build up to a blanket of down so soft and comforting that you can't help but be at peace, yet with a chilling invitation to come and play and be stirred. I love snow! Out in that bliss, with the world on hold, God is near. In His creation, amidst the whispers of His trees, above that blanket of perfect craftsmanship, His presence is strong...and I am with Him. Oh, how I long for that again!!!