Surprise Snow Day

Today has been very interesting. It was not the day I thought I'd have when I woke up. I thought I'd have a normal Friday at school followed by a workout and getting home around 6:30 or 7:30 pm. Nope.

I woke up and turned on the TV because there was the possibility of a light snow dusting and I wanted to be sure that it hadn't snowed in the city I work in because I live about 45 minutes away. I looked out the window and there was no snow on the ground. The news said there was a little snow to the side of the roads on the main highway I'd have to take to get in to school, and so I quickly turned it off and jumped in the shower because I sleep as much as possible in the mornings and didn't have a lot of time to get ready.

The whole way to school, the roads are clear and dry. As I got closer, I noticed snow on the grass and on the side roads. Then, as I pulled into the school parking lot I was shocked to see one or two cars in the administration parking lot and no kids outside or buses.

"No," I whispered to myself as I drove to the back parking lot. "The kids are huddled inside waiting." I reasoned, "I came in the gap between bus drop offs."

I refused to believe it until I saw that the staff parking lot was entirely empty. I pulled in and whipped out my phone, googling my school district's name to find it CLOSED.

I had to decide what to feel in that moment. Part of me was upset--I could've slept to my normal circadian rhythmic hours! Mostly, though, I was ecstatic.

I love snow days! It's not because I want to be lazy and miss work or because I don't like my job. I love my job and I love being able to express Yahweh there. It's not even because I love the biting air and the beautiful blanket of white, though I do. I love snow days because they are a special gift from Yahweh.

You see, He uses snow days to give me time. This time is completely free of all obligations or requirements, as the obligations and requirements that were there have been cancelled. I can fill it with whatever I want, and because my heart is one with Yahweh, anything I fill it with is good.

So today I went to the gym (after buying some showering supplies in Walmart) and then headed to my parents' house for a while because I asked my mom if she wanted to see a movie. After a lunch date that she'd had with her friend, we saw "Collateral Beauty."

Then I came home, and the whole thing was entirely beautiful. It was a wonderful day, a gift.

And I realized that Yahweh had fulfilled the Promise He made to me three years ago when He told me that, "Life is a gift, and this world is a beautiful place." But oh, how I did not know it then. I held on to that Promise in faith because all I'd ever seen of the world was hatred and all I'd ever felt of life was pain.

Yet now, even when confronted with the things of the enemy in the world, I can still walk in the Spirit and Power of Yahweh. I can still walk in my Promise. I can receive His gifts, like today, and every day that He gives me to express and glorify Him here on the Earth.