Winter Wonderland Learnings

So, we finally got our Winter Wonderland this week. Not on time for Christmas, but nice nonetheless. I hope to have some pictures up later this evening.

I believe the snow began late afternoon on Tuesday and continued right on until Wednesday night. It’s the most snow I remember getting at one time in a while.

I spent some quality time with Dad taking turns running the snow blower up and down our driveways. During one of my sweeps, my dad said something that seemed insignificant but struck me as pretty deep.

“Let the tool do the work for you.”

Like I said, simple enough, but also quite profound. As I sat there trying to get the snow blower unstuck and trying to lift it out of the snow, my dad grabbed the handle, let the blower run a bit, wiggled the machine, and next thing you know it was ready to go again.

I couldn’t help but think that this is not unlike our relationship with God. So many times we (I) think we have to fix things on our own. We struggle, we moan and complain, we try to do it our way. All the while, God is waiting for us to, in a sense, “let the tool do the work for you.” God wants us to acknowledge that we need His help, and then turn over whatever the situation is to Him.

How much easier our lives would be sometimes if we would only do that. I know I always feel like I have to fight certain battles on my own – that I should know how to fight and win those battles by now. However, there is no harm, and it will turn out much better in the end, if we hand those situations over to God and let Him deal with them the way He wants.

Just like that snow blower easily cutting its way through the newly-fallen snow, it’s amazing how God can work in our lives to deal with situations we thought were impossible.

“Let the tool do the work for you.”

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