Most of the captured images that I really like lately are not very good. This is one of them. I like the contrast between the warmth of the light on the cold snow & the starkness of the iced-over rose vines. I like the movement in the picture & how the eye travels around within the frame. I am especially drawn to the cold lines in the rose. I find them intriguing.
When I was a kid, momma brought out special, holiday books. A favorite of mine was called, "The Littlest Snowmman." I don't remember the twists & turns of the plot, but I vividly remember the picture on the last page. The little snowman was atop the town's, huge Christmas tree & had cast a rainbow of colors all around the town square. It looked like a snowcone rainbow. I knew it was fiction, but it captivated me to imagine the "impossible." This year my husband draped colored lights along our back retaining wall, below the bedroom end of the deck. When the snow came, I saw this image & was taken at once to the magical ending of that book....God has a way of storing our memories & dreams & bringing back little slices we may have once forgotten. I am reminded of Jesus' words in Matthew 10 as He explains how the Father delights in giving His children the desires of their heart. God so often answers the unspoken requests...the ones so tiny we would not think to ask, or even know to ask.
I spend countless hours gazing over my deck. The lake is to my right, the forest ahead & this scene is to my left. It is here I do a lot of reflecting, mental wrestling & praying. Early this morning, as I stared at the lights over the pool I was deliberating over a particular issue & wondered if I should speak to the person about it. "Whose advice should I seek on this?"...
Suddenly my focus narrowed & I saw in the lights something I have missed for years.... an arrow pointing up...."Ask Him". WOW !!! Rarely do I receive such a rapid & literal answer to my questioning.... & so I take the time to speak with God about this & await HIS reply....
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