"What
time I am afraid, I will trust in thee." -Psalm 56:3 (KJV)
Snow!
Snow! Snow!
Author:
Melva Cooper – jmelva@cox-internet.com
For
several days the weather channel had been predicting snow for our area of the
state. Maybe even two or three inches. Since snow is something that we seldom
see, the grandchildren were very excited. Perhaps they would even get a snow
day from school.
At last
the day arrived! That long awaited snowfall was to be here. Day became night
and the radar showed the snow was all around us. Every few minutes one of the
grandchildren would open the door and peek out to see if the white stuff was
falling.
Finally,
I knew from their excited voices they could see snow! Everyone went running out
in the yard so they could actually feel it. One of them had on socks. The other
two were barefoot. No coats, no shoes, no hats – they didn’t care.
For a fleeting moment they were allowed to take in with their eyes, noses and
mouths those snowflakes rarely seen in this part of the country.
Three
year-old Brooke, who probably had only seen pictures of snow, but never the
glistening white flakes falling from the sky, came running back in the house.
Sensing
fear in her voice, she snuggled up to me sitting on the sofa and said,
"Grandma, I am afraid"!
Thinking
it was all the noise and hoopla the other three grandchildren were making, I
gathered her close and explained it was just the beautiful snow they were
exclaiming over.
Brooke
proceeded to tell me, "Grandma, I know all about that snow, it is the dark
that makes me afraid!"
I
cuddled her even closer and thanked God she felt safe from the dark in the arms
of her grandmother. Next, I asked God to help us teach her that the arms of
Jesus are even more secure than the ones that physically held her that night.
May
Brooke always know that when she is afraid she can put her trust in God.
Whether it be a dark, snowy, wintry night are the fears that sometimes appear
in the bright sunshine of the day, God tells us from His Holy Word that when we
are afraid we are to trust in Him.
Thank
you, Lord, for that reminder from my precious granddaughter as she discerned
fear on a cold snowy night.
Protect
Brooke and keep her all the days of her life!
Melva
Cooper is a wife, mother, and grandmother of four from
Jonesboro , Arkansas .
She is also a free-lance writer. She writes a "Grandparenting" column
in Northeast Arkansas Parent. In addition to being a staff writer for the
motorsports website www.catchfence.com
, Melva writes an article about "A NASCAR Driver and His Faith" in
Christian Motorsports Illustrated. She, also, is published in several magazines
and on websites and Ezines.
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