Snow...

I've written about snow here before.

About how it blankets, and covers and often makes me sad.

But...

Not today for some reason.

Go back to yesterday. Riding to work with C. the mountains are this purple and brown color as the sun is rising against them. They are majesty, literally, a demonstration of the works of an almighty God and the science of geology. Stunning, beautiful, I'm breathless looking at them. The wonder of God has begun to capture me again.

It is hard to explain.

But it is thirst. I had been holding back from drinking in anything that had anything to do with God. I was full of bitter and anger. But then I realized, He is setting me up for something. I don't know what it is, and honestly doesn't fucking matter to me at all. All that matters is that there is someone in charge with a plan.

I'm not the best follower, but there is someone in charge with a plan. It is a stretch for me. But I trust Him.

With that comes the opportunity to drink in the benefits. Here is this almighty God, and this world that He created for His creations. This world is for me. Don't get me wrong, it is for you too, and for the asshole that just cut you off, and for everyone that you love, and hate.

So there is is. The world is mine.

Mountains, oceans, teeming with life, glory, beauty, never ending. Ready to sustain itself if we would just let it. Ready to sustain us, if we would stop being greedy. Ready to inspire us if we would just open our eyes and remember that this was made for us.

The heavens declare the glory of God;

the skies proclaim the work of his hands.

Day after day they pour forth speech;

night after night they display knowledge.

Psalm 19:1,2

This morning that knowledge was coming down. Down to form a white blanket on the ground. Covering, softening.

It is cold and it is snow, and in the past I would have spewed my hate for it. But it is for me. I don't know why God is chosing to give me something cold and wet, and that prevents me from going to work to make money for my family. But I can guess. I can guess it is so I slow down today, and enjoy simple things like the generosity of a roof and a bed, or that I learn to feel pity for those that don't share in my comforts. I can guess that He wants me to look at life as a gift today, one that He has wrapped up in a white paper, that I just need to open and revel in.

Pour forth Speech on me God. Pour forth Speech.

Amen.

Virtue.