Greetings Dear Reader,
Today is one of those days where the winter cold is welcome
and the dance of snow is longed for. Eleven
years ago, on this night I stood on the porch of my home in the Northern Midwest
as fat flakes of new snow drifted down from God in a dance of beauty and
grace. I love snow.
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| Photo by Natalie Foley |
What made that snow eternal was the thing it did for my
Daughter, Christmas. She had recently
arrived from a world where nothing was true for her accept pain and hurt. I had promised safety, love, and beautiful
winter snow. She stood on the porch in
the dark that night as the snow was covering our driveway and lawn.
Tears filled her eyes as she looked at me and said, “It is
all true. You do love me. God loves me.
There is real hope. It is all
true.”
We wept together as the snow continued to fall. In answer to her prayer God sent her over 100
inches of snow that winter. Even when
other things crumbled it will always be true that the Father has used the
weather to shower her with his love
We are the ones who fail each other. We lose hope.
We forget that the Father has shown himself strongly to us and we leave
behind the things he has for us that will make our lives better. Sometimes we even leave behind our Father
altogether thinking he is the one who is wrong.
Instead of clinging to the Father and the things he has
already shown us we demand that he show us again. We dance in our head instead of in his
arms. We forget the snow is a beautiful
gift and curse it as we scrape if off our cars.
There is hope on this anniversary of Snow. God loves my Daughter, Christmas far more
than I can. I love her. There is snow in the forecast for her tonight. It is all still true; we just do not always
choose to believe it.
Wishing you joy in the journey,
Aramis Thorn
Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer
who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a home
owner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure
store.”
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