Snow days & peaceful blessings

Posted On February 4, 2022

Yesterday it snowed. A lot. I woke up and looked out the window around eight yesterday, and yup, it was snowing. And it didn’t stop! It kept on falling all day, until the world outside was silent, white, and cold. This morning it’s stopped, leaving behind 7 or 8 glorious inches.

This is pretty much the first snow of the year for us (unless you count that measly little dusting we got last month) and for some reason, it’s really refreshing. It’s sort of satisfying to be snowed in. Yes, we have to miss some things (including musical rehearsals😭) but in exchange we get a quiet weekend, stuck at our house, to read, drink warm drinks, bake muffins, play in the snow, watch family movies, etc.

As you can tell by my previous posts, I’ve spent a lot of time doing art while I’m stuck inside, (and I have another ready to post soon, haha) – and since I have an idea for a short story based off of a recent dream I had, I’m going to try and get some writing in, also.

But I expect I’ll spend a lot of time just staring out the window at the white, calm world.

What is it about snow that is so peaceful?

It’s like a hush comes over everything, stopping it in its tracks and forcing it to slow down and look around.

The other day we were learning about how snow absorbs sound – making it literally more quiet when the snow is fresh. Interesting.

(And, to be honest – though the science stuff is fascinating, I generally prefer to fantasize about the world being in a deep slumber beneath the snow… I know several of you reading this are writers, and therefore will understand.)

And – I don’t know – there’s something really beautiful about the trees, coated with white, glistening in the 17 degree morning. It makes me want to write. (E.g., this blog post.)

This morning as I read my bible I found this verse:

“The Lord gives strength to his people;

the Lord blesses his people with peace.”

Psalm 29:11

I really liked that. I know I’ve blogged a LOT about searching for rest and peace in Jesus, so I’m not going to talk about it too much now. But for some reason, that verse was really comforting to me.

The Lord blesses his people with peace.

I pray that you feel His peace today like a hush of snow falling – whether you have snow in reality or not.

Speaking of snow falling – yesterday me and several of my siblings went outside to tromp around in the snow (as is customary upon receiving 7 delightful inches from above). After pulling my littlest sister around in the sled for a while, I fell onto my back in the snow and stared up at the sky.

From my spot, lying by the frozen lawn furniture, I could see the tree branches above me, and the thousands upon thousands of snowflakes drifting silently down onto the world (and into my eyes), and I felt like I’d just fallen into Narnia.

If you’ve seen The Lion, the Witch, and The Wardrobe movie, then you’ll remember the scene where Susan and Peter first come into Narnia. They fall onto their backs into the Narnian snow and look around in wonder. That’s what I felt like.

(Unbeknownst to me, my mom took a photo – and I didn’t look quite so fairytale-ish as I’d imagined. Ah well.)