The great snowfall of 2010 happened this last weekend and it is lasting well into this Wednesday. At first I was bummed because I knew it meant my weekend plans would be changed and if you don't know me well. I do not like for my plans to be changed. I was a little over talking about it because it seemed to captivate all of our thoughts and facebook posts. I do however want to share the lesson I learned through this snow.
Sunday morning I awoke to thick white blanket of snow still covering most of my tiny corner of the world. I was much too aprehensive to drive that day and had to have a chauffer. However, I was a little taken back by the glorious sight of the white snow in the beautiful Sunday sunshine. Sunday had a bright blue sky overhead and the whole world seemed to glow. I prepared to go out in the cold and donned my best coverage high heels to brave the snow. I do not own snow boots or anything similar. Everyone commented on my silliness yet I feel the heel stabbing through ice and snow gave me a better hold. :)
Anyway, it only took a few steps for me to realize that the beautiful fluffy snow was on a sheet of slippery ice. What looked so beautiful on the surface was so incredibly unsteady underneath. As I braced myself for my short walk to the waiting car I felt as though the Holy Spirit was whispering the entire way. Does this remind you of anything or anyone you know? There in the middle of this winter adventure to the car my loving God was reminding me of how often my surface appears so much more appealing than what is laying just beneath the surface of my life. This wasn't a condemning voice but one of conviction. I praise God for the gentle humbling reminders.
Sunday morning I awoke to thick white blanket of snow still covering most of my tiny corner of the world. I was much too aprehensive to drive that day and had to have a chauffer. However, I was a little taken back by the glorious sight of the white snow in the beautiful Sunday sunshine. Sunday had a bright blue sky overhead and the whole world seemed to glow. I prepared to go out in the cold and donned my best coverage high heels to brave the snow. I do not own snow boots or anything similar. Everyone commented on my silliness yet I feel the heel stabbing through ice and snow gave me a better hold. :)
Anyway, it only took a few steps for me to realize that the beautiful fluffy snow was on a sheet of slippery ice. What looked so beautiful on the surface was so incredibly unsteady underneath. As I braced myself for my short walk to the waiting car I felt as though the Holy Spirit was whispering the entire way. Does this remind you of anything or anyone you know? There in the middle of this winter adventure to the car my loving God was reminding me of how often my surface appears so much more appealing than what is laying just beneath the surface of my life. This wasn't a condemning voice but one of conviction. I praise God for the gentle humbling reminders.
"Search me, God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
See if there is any offensive way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting."
and lead me in the way everlasting."
Psalm 139:24-25
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