THE FREE AND FEARLESS SNOWFLAKE

THE FREE AND FEARLESS SNOWFLAKE

We’re expecting significant snowfall in Connecticut tonight and tomorrow.  Admittedly, I have a definite love-hate relationship with winter weather.  I am particularly averse to those biting blasts of chilly Arctic air that frequently invade our borders from December through February, and beyond.  However, I do love to lounge in front of a cozy fireplace, totally mesmerized by its warmth, its glow, and the crackling of burning embers.

So far this winter, we have been getting a much-needed break.  Whenever we do get our fair share, the snowblower ably assists my efforts, but never increases my likability for wintry storms.  Yet, I love to stand at the window and gaze at the absolute beauty and awesome tranquility of newly fallen snow.  Although I am emotionally ambivalent about winter snow, I do have a deep-seated admiration for its basic building-blocks, a.k.a. SNOWFLAKES, BECAUSE SNOWFLAKES ARE SURVIVORS.

Their birthplace is high in the stratosphere, where they form amid violent blasts of frosty wind, conditions totally unimaginable and unendurable for us.  Along their gravity-driven journey, they collide forcefully with one another.  And they are continually shaped (and reshaped) by treacherous winds, changing temperatures and violent collisions with fellow flakes.

In fact, before reaching the ground, their transitions and transformations are far too numerous to count.  However, the difficulty of their journey produces miraculous results.  Every snowflake achieves the rare beauty of individual uniqueness.  No two are alike.  This is actually amazing in light of the multiplied millions of flakes that comprise any beautiful blanket of fallen snow.  I have a deep-seated and abiding admiration for these wintry intruders…BECAUSE WE, TOO, ARE SNOWFLAKES.

The circumstantial winds of life constantly shape us; the powerful gravity of life continually transports us.  We move…change…develop…and form in Christ.  Yet, along life’s journey, we rise; we fall; we rise again. (Proverbs 24:16) Indeed, we are constantly becoming freer and fearless, despite collisions, conflict, pressure, or pain.  Because the All-Wise GOD transforms our diverse situations into divine appointments that develop distinctiveness and destiny.

As we allow OUR CREATOR to define and refine our journey (and ourselves), we become beautifully crafted, absolutely awesome, BEINGS-OF-PURPOSE who were conceived in THE DIVINE MIND long before the foundation of the world.  It is HIS PLAN.  It is OUR PROCESS.

Romans 8:28 

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

SO GLIDE FREELY AND FEARLESSLY, SNOWFLAKE, since divine meaning and mission reside within all of your wintry storms.

Sisters and brothers, be continually blessed, and please (above all else) MAKE SURE YOU ARE READY TO MEET OUR SOON COMING KING. Maranatha!