It's wintery days like today that fill my heart with bliss and remind me of my snowy childhood winters spent trudging around the northern woods.
The Christmas tree is up; the nativity scene is carefully set out on top of the piano; cutout snowflakes are taped to the windows; candles with pinecones and pine needles around them are on the island in the kitchen; and snow is falling steadily outside. Soon Christmas music will play, gifts will accumulate under the tree and Christmas cookies will be baked and frosted.
If I wasn't supposed to be studying for finals right now, I'd be outside in the snow, celebrating the white fluffiness of winter (for the short span of time that this snow actually lasts). I would build a snow family and have snowball fights and make snow angels. I would have time to soak in the Christmas feeling that I love. You know what I'm talking about, right? That feeling when you just know it's Christmas. You can feel it. It's a feeling of joy and togetherness that comes every year. Smells, tastes, feelings, sounds . . . . they all bring back memories of this time of year.
Hmmm. God is so good to us. I am so glad that he has blessed us with traditions, family, snow, and the beauty of eternal life through Jesus Christ, our risen, loving Savior.
Let's remember God's goodness and love (as we always should).
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