Yesterday we were blessed with that beautiful frozen precipitation
from above. While not everyone considers a snowy day a blessing, a lot of us
do. The snow covered the gray and bare landscape we have been experiencing in
yet another snowless winter in NH. I love the quietness of a snow storm, minus
the snowplows that shake the house as they go by. I like shoveling the
driveway. It’s good exercise and fills my dry sinuses with the moist and clear
air that comes with the snow. I canceled a couple of appointments and decided
to stay home and enjoy the “snow day”. It was a treat that I hope we have more
of this winter season.
What does the bible say about snow?
Job 37:5-7New International Version (NIV)
5 God’s voice thunders in marvelous ways;
he does great things beyond our understanding.
6 He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’
and to the rain shower, ‘Be a mighty downpour.’
7 So that everyone he has made may know his work,
he stops all people from their labor.
6 He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’
7 So that everyone he has made may know his work,
Notice how snow is a gift from God and one of its purposes
is to stop people from their labor.
Isaiah 55:9-11New International Version (NIV)
9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
10 As the rain and the snow
come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,
so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for
the eater,
11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth:
It will not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
10 As the rain and the snow
11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth:
It will not return to me empty,
We need the snow to irrigate our land for the summer growing
season and fall harvest. Be thankful for the snow. Just as God’s word feeds our
souls, so we can do His will.
Paula
