My real love and appreciation for these lacy pieces of ice began just a short seven years ago while homeschooling my son. Great science lesson. We talked about how snow is made, what happens to it when it hits the landscape, and 'made' our own out of Borax and pipe cleaners. I checked books out of the library including one about the famous 'Snowflake Bentley' (who I had no idea was so famous until I checked out the book).
"Under the microscope, I found that snowflakes were miracles of beauty and it seemed a shame that this beauty should not be seen and appreciated by others. Every crystal was a masterpiece of design and no one design was ever repeated. When a snowflake melted, that design was forever lost. Just that much beauty was gone without leaving any record behind."
William 'Snowflake' Bentley
Photographer, 1925
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| Pictures under the microscope by Bentley |
Bentley was fascinated with these delicate creations. I was and am still amazed. Amazed at what God has done and continues to do each winter with His magnificent creativity. For our enjoyment. For our amazement. To show Himself to us. His infinitely detailed self, His many facets and layers. Unending yet never changing.
So, as winter is upon us, my mind does wonder to thoughts of the snowflake. I don't envy those who live in colder climates but do relish the opportunity they have to watch the beauty of God in His creation of the snowflake. Its blanket of hush, its peace, its individuality, its community, its spiritual significance and in its purpose in making all things new again come springtime.
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” saith the Lord.
“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts. For
as the rain cometh down and the snow from heaven, and returneth not
thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that
it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so
shall My word be that goeth forth out of My mouth: It shall not return
unto Me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall
prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
“For
ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace; the mountains
and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the
trees of the field shall clap their hands.
Isaiah 55:8-12
And, as our calendar dictates yet another year going and coming, the snowflake again makes me reflect on His boundless creativity in each one of us. No two are the same. Unique in composition, shape, form, and united in purpose. Praise Him!
But
rise and stand upon thy feet, for I have appeared unto thee for this
purpose: to make thee a minister and a witness, both of these things
which thou hast seen, and of those things in which I will appear unto
thee, delivering thee from the people and from the Gentiles unto whom now I send thee,
to
open their eyes and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the
power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and
an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith that is in Me.’
Acts 26:16-18
Give yourself a fresh start. Ponder the snowflake. Remember Whose you are, who you are in Him. Who He made you to be. You, my friend, are His miracle of beauty just as the snowflake is His. Created by Him and for Him. His masterpiece of design. He made you just as you are to mold into the person He wants you to become. Unique, special. This journey is uniquely yours. Renew your focus, your energies, your time. Let your light shine; leave your record, your legacy, behind for His glory.....
I will praise Thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are Thy works, and that my soul knoweth right well.
Psalm 139:14
Psalm 139:14
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