This is Lucy complaining about the snow, until I told her she had to be positive! (I love this expression!)
Saturday, the weather was beautiful, so I pruned the roses while Lucy played in her Pack n' Play that her Nanna got her! Contrast that day to:Sunday, we awoke to a gorgeous an unexpected blanket of snow. It snowed all day! Every time I looked out the window it shocked me!
On the way to church I couldn't help singing:
"Spring had brought me such a nice surprise,
snow is falling right before my eyes!" (To the tune of Popcorn Popping)
Today it began to melt and vwalla:
I was very impressed by these icicles. I thought they were magnificent. I don't think the camera could capture how truly beautiful this whole icicle design was, but I tried. You will just have to use your imagination a little.
While examining these marvelous creations of nature, I was reminded of how beautiful the world really is. God is truly an artist!The song in my heart today is "My Heavenly Father Loves Me"
which I will quote for your enjoyment:
"Whenever I hear the song of a bird
Or look at the blue, blue sky,
Whenever I feel the rain on my face
Or the wind as it rushes by,
Whenever I touch a velvet rose
Or walk by our lilac tree,
I'm glad that I live in this beautiful world
Heavenly Father created for me."
"He gave me my eyes that I might see
The color of butterfly wings.
He gave me my ears that I might hear
The magical sound of things.
He gave me my life, my mind, my heart:
I thank him reverently
For all his creations, of which I'm a part.
Yes, I know Heavenly Father loves me."
I took a little extra time to marvel at the world today. I love how Lucy listens to every noise she hears. The sound of birds has her so enthralled, while my weathered mind pretty much tunes them out. When Lucy feels the wind she always smiles. It is one of her favorite feelings. I wonder what she is thinking about when she feels it. Without her around, I would just as soon forget that it is there. It dawned on me that one of the reasons having children is part of the plan for happiness is because they make you so aware of the world and its wonders. They call your attention to the small things that they are noticing. You get to enjoy the wonderful new experiences they have with their eyes, ears, hands, and heart. This song above puts it so perfectly that we might "hear, The magical sound of things." To babies new sounds really are magical and if we listen closely, I believe we can also hear and feel how magical these small things in life are.
(We saw this rainbow from our window last summer 2 days before Lucy was born and marveled)Sometimes, I just get in such a rush to do everything I forget to look around and be still. I think we have been given the commandment to Be Still so that we might let that awe and wonder of this beautiful world, and all that Heavenly Father has done for us, overtake our spirits. One of my young women leaders, Paula Larsen, once said something about this that had a profound impact on me. She explained (I can't remember the exact wording, but something to this effect) that if the Lord had wanted to, she believed that he could have made the world black and white and we could still learn all the lessons we were put here on earth to learn, but he didn't. He made it in color. He made it in color that we might enjoy. That we might awe. That we might wonder. That we might imagine. That we might know that he is God when we look out upon all of his creations.
I would like to encourage everyone to take a little more time to be still.
As said is Psalm 46:10:
"Be still, and know that I am God."
