Snow

 It snowed yesterday. It snowed in Texas yesterday. For me, snow has always brought beauty, peace, a sense of quiet and holiness. It renews my spirit, Life feels clean and new. I feel hopeful as white blankets my view. 

Sitting on my front porch brings even more joy. I noticed some birds, probably sparrows, hopping around across the street in my neighbor’s yard. I wondered if I had any bird seed left. Looking in my laundry room cabinet I found just enough to fill my bird feeder and scatter some on the ground. The bird feeder is just the right color blue to match the blue jays who alight on the branches just above and bravely hop onto the edge of the little blue house to find seeds. Yesterday, there were cardinals, blue jays, sparrows and even a big black crow. They were all peacefully sharing the space and seeds. 

As I watched through the snowflakes gently falling, creating this magical moment, I realized the blue jays feathers were the exact same color of blue as the little blue house of the bird feeder. I couldn’t have planned this moment of beauty if I had tried! Somehow, I had created the opportunity for this beauty to happen. God gave me the beauty through the seeds I scattered, taking the time to shop online for the perfect little bird feeder, hanging it from the tree branch in perfect view from my front porch glider, and cherishing the time to sit and see. . . .

Thank you Lord, for the beauty you give us and for seeing us as we see the world after a snowfall . . . clean, new, and holy.