Yes, it’s that day. Valentine’s Day. Not my favorite day for many reasons, but it does force a few thoughts on loving well. At times, love takes you by surprise, but for the most part love’s most powerful expressions come in the daily experiences of life.
Speaking His unfailing love into my heart for the past year in unique ways, God delights in revealing His love for us in the most surprising ways. During a recent snowfall, I met with a profound experience of His love which I captured in a new poem.
The Secret of the Snow
Have you listened to the sound of snow
As the silent stillness captures the muted
Utterance of frozen beauty floating effortlessly to the earth?
But more than the resonations of its stealthy coming,
Is the mesmerizing way it apprehends the sounds all around.
Placing them under a spell of peaceful repose.
Stepping out one wintery morning,
As the chill air enshrouded my breath
Captivated by hushed wonder, pausing, boots still in hand
Whispers invited me into a sacred moment
A moment filled with the secret to my soul’s breath
Closing my eyes, the stillness wrapped round me, warm
As if time stood still, the comfort of the snow stole
Closer, closer, a wordless song of loves to a weary heart
As if it knew my soul’s deepest need, heard the unutterable cry
And drew me into the treasures hidden within its quiet rest
Stilling all within me, and the busy world around me
Like a heavenly blanket of peace, the snow gently covered a weary earth
There, in one hallowed moment, the quiet stillness whispered
The secret which the snow came to bring
He, who holds the treasures of the snow, comes within its midst
Gently imparting the fullness of peace to creation weary and worn
An embrace, at once both comforting and whimsical
Yet encompassing the fullness of all my soul’s deepest needs.
That morning, as I meditated on Psalm 143:8: “Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life.” God stepped into my little world wrapping me in a blanket of snow.
When God’s love takes you by surprise, the trajectory of your day completely changes.
But then, maybe that’s the point. Maybe it’s His way of wooing us from vain pursuits into a life altering moment of His love. How has God’s love taken you by surprise?
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Donna, I love your poem. There is nothing like the quiet of the snow to usher in God’s voice.
Thank you for sharing with our Grace & Truth community! I will proudly feature it on my Pinterest board for Grace & Truth Featured Posts. You can see your article here—
https://www.pinterest.com/embracingtheune/grace-truth-christian-link-up-featured-posts/.
Thank you so much Maree for taking the time to read my poem. I am grateful for you sharing on your special Pinterest board!!
What a beautiful picture of your snow-covered garden, Donna! And I appreciate your snow poem reflections, “the mesmerizing way it apprehends the sounds all around placing them under a spell of peaceful repose,” and the snow “drew me into the treasures hidden within its quiet rest.” And the beautiful revelation that He who sends the snow – comes too.
Thank you, Lisa for your kind and encouraging words! Yes, the biggest blessing of all is finding God in the midst of it!
Your poem and writing here touch my heart. So beautiful. I feel the peace of you stepping under the blanket of snow. Thank you for sharing!!!
Thank you, Deborah for your kind words and spending time in the snow with me! Wishing you God’s Shalom today!
It is the peace and quiet in the snow days that go straight to my heart – the stillness. Even when I had a house full of boys playing in the snow. As it’s ushered in our world in our town stops, and the snow brings a time of refreshing, like you describe beautifully.
Maryleigh, I agree, there is something about that stillness which the snow brings that is the language of my heart! God is so amazing in the way He steps into our busy lives with moments of refreshing.
Beautiful words, Beautiful snow scene , and the snow covered butterfly bench really made a statement as well.
Thank you, Margie for spending time in the snow with me! I just loved the scene in my front yard of God’s Presence in the snow, and YES! isn’t the covering on the butterfly bench another splendid way God revealed Himself?
Happy Valentine’s Day, Donna! It is amazing how God makes His love known to us in the most beautiful and precious of ways!
Happy Valentine’s Day Joanne! How grateful I am for God’s unfailing love!
Beautiful!
Especially this: “He, who holds the treasures of the snow, comes within its midst
Gently imparting the fullness of peace to creation weary and worn…”
What a great love!
Thank you so much Michele for your kind words. I appreciate you reflecting on God’s love with me today!
💘 Happy Valentine’s Day, Donna!
Happy Valentine’s Day to you sweet friend!!