They tell us here in the Colorado Rockies that if we don’t like the weather wait an hour and it will change. Yesterday we had a good day working outside preparing an area for a vegetable garden. It was a bit windy but still pretty nice. As the day went on the clouds started blowing in and the wind got cooler. The clouds were dark most of the evening.
After I put the boys to bed I went over to the main building where my office is to do some work. I was only there about an hour. When I stepped outside to go back over to the house I was surprised to find that it was raining with a bit of snow mixed in. I went in the house and told Chris. I gathered whatever it was I needed from the house and headed back to the main building. By this time it was snowing. There was no rain in it at all. The snow was coming down pretty well.
This morning we awoke to a beautiful layer of snow. We received about two or three inches of snow and it is still coming down. It’s May 13th, the middle of spring. We’re supposed to be planting gardens, going hiking and fishing not admiring the new fallen snow.
We could get upset at this strange weather. We could let the snow ruin our day and put us in a foul mood all day. Or we can choose to accept the weather as something that we cannot change and appreciate the beauty of it, the uniqueness of a May snow fall.
I guess age has mellowed me out. With the passing of years I have learn to take life as it comes and not let the little things or things I can’t control upset me. I have learned to say as the Psalmist, “This is the day the Lord has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it.”
God sent us a beautiful reminder this morning that He is in control. He sends the sunshine, the rain, and the snow as He sees fit. In an area that is just coming out of a long drought He knows how much moisture we need. Praise be to God for His provision. I chose to see a May snow fall as a blessing, not a curse.
We rototilled the garden just in time. Now this moisture that God has provided will soak into the freshly tilled soil where it will do our plants the most good.
The lesson in this for your family is to enjoy every moment that God has given you. Some moments will be filled with sunshine and warmth. Others will have rain and snow, even when you don’t expect it. But in all moments, make the most of it, find the blessing in living for the Lord, in whatever situation you may find yourself in. Into each life some rain (or snow) must fall. But we have the power to choose how we let it affect us.
Be blessed and thank the Lord always!
Pastor Ken
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