A major storm slowly moved through Colorado this weekend, dropping eighteen inches of snow at our house.
The trees in our yard respond to snow in different ways. One set, like the tree on the left, are non-native to Colorado and break under a load of heavy, wet spring snow. After a big storm, I often spend the next couple of weekends trimming off broken branches.
The other set of trees are evergreens native to the mountains. Spruce and pine, like the tree on the right, understand snow. These trees shrug heavy piles off with hardly a notice. I won’t find a broken branch among them.
Spending time in the Scriptures helps me shoulder the heavy, wet snows that blow into my life, hopefully resembling a mountain pine rather than a flowering crabapple.
As an added bonus, understanding more about the Lord, and trusting the Holy Spirit, prepares me for the storms on the horizon.
Week eleven of reading the Bible cover to cover.
