“When I send clouds over the earth, the rainbow will appear in the clouds, and I will remember my covenant with you and with all living creatures. never again will the floodwaters destroy all life.” (Genesis 9: 14-15)
This winter has been terrible. It started early with blizzard like snow storms and now we have ice…lots and lots of ice. Actually, if it wasn’t for the artic temperatures I would take more time to appreciate the beautiful scenery God has planted for us. Outside my work the trees were coated in frozen snow and ice and in the evening they sparkle. There is so much snow that the kids haven’t had to worry about it melting away while they are at school. It’s all there when they get home. So, I guess I would have to conclude that this is a succesful winter, although I am not sure how much they are going to enjoy spending so many extra days in school this summer because of snow days.
In some respects I feel like I am going through my own little winter. It’s so hard when things don’t go the way you thought they would or when pain intrudes and can’t simply be pushed away. When the future you envision becomes cloudy because certainty is no longer there it’s scary. The experience is like a snow storm, it totally sucks! And, although I know God will make something beautiful out of it like He always does, it doesn’t make it any easier to drive the road while I am waiting for the storms to pass.
However, I know I will be fine. God has promised to never forsake his creation. I believe that although I have moments of dispair he is not goin to let me drown. Whatever the future holds it will be a wonderful blessed thing because I am letting go and letting God take care of it.
“For I know the plans I have for you”, says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a hope and a future” (Jeremiah 29:11)
