Spring Weather

Just when you thought it was safe to go out and smell the hyacinth blooming in the springtime flower garden……

We were all surprised yesterday by blowing snow and temperatures in the teens most of the day. We shouldn’t have been surprised, of course. The weather folks told us it was coming. Furthermore, it’s not at all unusual to have a good, solid spring snowstorm. Still, I noticed that no one seemed to really believe it was coming despite the warnings, including me. People didn’t visit the grocery stores the night before to stock up. No one seemed to leave early for work. People took off their snow tires.

It seems God often reminds us that we can’t take things for granted. The weather’s as good a way to get that message across as anything. Nature is really in His hands, and try as we might, it will remain so. Nature is sort of a metaphor for our lives. Sometimes things are calm; sometimes things are crazy. But everything is in God’s hands.

I had the baby, and despite the fact that both her mommy’s and daddy’s offices closed at noon, the traffic was such that it took literally several hours to come and get her. In the meantime, our other grandchildren were stuck at their babysitter’s as their mom tried to retrieve them while fighting slippery roads and multiple accidents. I’m happy to say that everyone made it safely, and they were all tucked into their homes by 3:30.