Winter Wonderland

So I’m sitting here at the computer, quite blank as to what I should write about this week. After griping to myself mentally for months about how I always had so much I wanted to share but never had the time to write, once I actually start blogging regularly, I exhaust my list of “good” ideas in less than three weeks.

Pathetic, no?

Plus, today has just been one of “those” days. Not that it was bad, just…one of those days. I didn’t have to work, so I’m sitting here at home with noting really to do. And yet I feel oddly bereft and…off today.

Maybe it has to do with the fact that it’s 22 degrees outside and snowing. Color me shivering.

Maybe it has to do with the fact that I wasn’t able to successfully complete the Journey Challenge because I’m a hopeless procrastinator and lazy to boot. (I’m still going to finish before January is over, mind you…I HATE failure. )

Maybe it has to do with the fact that January seemed like such a busy month and I hardly got any of the things done this month that I wanted to. My new forum is supposed to open in two months and I didn’t do a single. bit. of . work. on it. all. stinkin’. month. *headdesk*

Maybe it has to do with the fact that I signed up for a marathon relay in May that really isn’t such a difficult task when you think about it (only seven miles! ), but when you couple in the fact that I’m probably the most un-athletic person on the planet and I think I might stink at running and I’m quite possibly going to have my butt whipped by kids half my age there, yeah, it’s a little daunting!

But maybe the reason why it’s been “one of those days” is because I’ve just had too much time on my hands today and not enough work. ) I get moody and introspective when I have days like that.

Anyway, since I couldn’t really come up with anything better to talk about at the moment, and the frigid winter weather outside is being at least a little inspiring if not exactly desirable, I thought I’d share some photos I took about two weeks ago.

We had what I believe was a freezing fog, or some kind of frost. Either way, I’d never seen it before. Every tree for miles and miles was coated in frost, very light and delicate and spiky.

It was one of the most beautiful things I’d ever seen. God’s creation is so amazing; it just took my breath away.

That’s one thing that I really love about living in Illinois…you really get to see some very incredible variances in weather that you don’t usually get to see in California. Snow, frost, freezing rain…some of it is just awe-inspiring and amazing.

Every time I see a snowflake, I can’t help but think about how God made them so that no two snowflakes are exactly alike. Just like He made each one of us unique; with no two human beings being exactly the same. When you think about how many snowflakes there are, has been, and will be…that our God could be so powerful and amazing to make each one different…

… I guess that if He cares that much about snowflakes, how could I ever doubt how much He cares about me?