Snow Angel

I shared this on social media so I thought I would also show it here.

I HATE snow. Shoveling. Salt. Driving in it. Cleaning up snow/salt brought into the house. I find NO joy in the snowy season. Summer cannot come soon enough for me.

What seemed like the bazillionth snow of the season I knew I had to shovel/salt when I got home from work. Not a chore I was looking forward to doing. Needless to say I grumbled and complained to myself all day long about the incoming weather.

Fast forward to the dreaded chore: As I was getting ready to come in for the night, after what felt like miles of shoveling stairs and sidewalks (yes I was complaining the entire time), I remembered the recycle bins were still out front. So I trudged out front, all while still grumbling about snow & just in a foul mood, when I hear out of the blue.... Make a snow angel.

I chuckled to myself and said NO way am I getting cold and wet.

I finally made my way to the bins and as I pick them up I hear again.... Make a snow angel.

This time I laughed out loud and said, I'm NOT making a snow angel. (My neighbors probably think I'm crazy.)

As I round the corner to the side of the house I see perfect spot of untouched snow. AGAIN I hear (louder this time)... MAKE. A. SNOW. ANGEL.

Without hesitation this time, because the Lord was CLEARLY talking to me, this girl plops down (in total non snow clothes I might add) and makes the dang snow angel. Laughing until tears stream down my face.

The Lord took my grumbling and complaining and turned it into a fun & unforgettable teaching moment. I was allowing something so trivial ruin my rare evening off. Thank you Lord for my "SNOW ANGEL".

I had been letting the weather, which I had zero control over, ruin my mood for the entire day. Anyone else every let something so silly & trivial steal your joy? Especially things out of our control such as others words, actions, social media posts?

In the moments following I realized just how MUCH I complain sometimes. NOT GOOD. Not only is it not healthy for me mentally but it's not beneficial for others to hear either. Being in a rotten mood, and voicing all the garbage you're thinking is almost always contagious.

Proverbs 17:22 - A merry heart doeth good [like] a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

I don't want to be there reason why someone is grumpy, angry, or just in a down right crap mood all because of my continuous complaining. I need to reign it in and take it to God.

Philippians 2:14 - Do all things without murmurings and disputings

Colossians 3:23 - And whatsoever ye do, do [it] heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

Find the good in everything...have you ever heard that before? Smart quote but it's hard to do. REALLY hard to do sometime. Especially in situations where you just want to throw in the towel. Good things that came out of my snowmageddon was knowing my mail carrier didn't have to climb mountains of snow to reach my mailbox, unintended cardio session, making snow angels under the stars can be magical.

We have to KEEP our joy and not let life's little snowballs get the BEST of us.

Psalms 118:24 - This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it