Snowwww!!!

Let's just say, I love snow. I am like a little kid when it comes to playing in the snow. Today I woke up to a treat- I didn't have to show up to work at 6:30 am because Chick-Fil-A closed for the snow. I usually jump right out of bed to look out the window when snow comes, but instead I went fast asleep and dreamed of looking outside the window only to see a little white powder mixed in with grass...the usual image of Charlotte when it snows. I didn't want to get my hopes up only to get disappointed, but somehow I managed to dream of it and believe it. I was beyond surprised when I woke up and finally looked outside and saw the snow coming down hard and a picturesque winter wonderland. I didn't immediately go outside, but later on in the afternoon I put my snow gear on that I could find around the house that would suffice since I left my snow stuff at LU. Thus, I put plastic bags over my feet, blew up my purple pool raft and ventured in my back yard. I sledded over and over again and then attempted to make a snowman, but it was too powdery to do anything with. Many times after sledding down the hill I laid back on my pool raft, since that's essentially what it's made for (I live in charlotte, why would I own a real sled?) and just admired the beauty before my eyes. I began to think about how creative God is in making snow and the different seasons. Our world is like a picture that is always changing, season to season with the main foundation still existing. The same trees were in my backyard yesterday, but I didn't stop and admire their beauty. Put a little blanket of white snowflakes on them and suddenly--it's exquisite. I love snow for the fact that it makes the familiar world I've grown accustomed to into something I stop and admire. It changes the scenery completely...this comes with the changing colors of the leaves or spring as well, but I feel as if snow is somehow one step from that somehow. I become a little kid again wanting to explore my surroundings and appreciating my creator in a new way, thankful for this gift!