“A Snow Day from Heaven”
Thursday, January 5, 2017
“He (i.e., God) directs the snow to fall on the earth . . . .” (Job 37:6, NLT)
The first snowfall of the winter! I could choose to curse it, because I have to shovel it and because it may delay my sweetheart’s return home (or, worse still, make her journey hazardous). Or I could worry about whether I will try to make it into work this evening.
Or I could see its beauty, revel in it, feel its coldness, build a snow man if it is wet enough, or make angels in the snow.
I think I’ll choose to do these last things. I think that I will revel!
Will I still shovel it off the driveway? Yes! Otherwise, I or my sweetheart might slip and hurt ourselves, once this loveliness gets packed down and changes to ice. But, as every child knows—even this sixty-five-year-old child—snow is for more than shoveling.
When I was little, I thought that the snow was wonderful. Why should I think anything else now?
Mark Cable has a wonderful song called “Snow Day.” In it, he says,
“It’s a snow day from heaven, And that’s a slow day for free. Abandon your agenda Without penalty.”
How about helping me to make a band of snow angels today?
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