Um...

WHAT is that white stuff on the ground?

it's BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!

I woke up a few times really early this morning before actually getting out of bed. It felt like someone was waking me up because I would be in a real deep sleep and then wake up suddenly as if someone was shaking me, but also very calmly as if they were whispering my name.

Once I actually got out of bed, I knew who it was. Believe me, I realize the cheesiness of what I'm about to say, but I also whole heartedly believe it was God. He was like an excited little kid who couldn't wait for me to wake up and see the snow. I knew it was him because as soon as I walked upstairs and looked out the window it was like my breath was taken away and God said "See, see what I wanted to show you? Isn't it beautiful?"

He was just as excited as I was... except I don't think he was as excited about the snow as he was just seeing my reaction to it. It's like when you get someone the perfect gift and the only thing you want in return is to see how much they love it.

Well, I can sure say one thing about this morning... He delivered!!!

And it was perfect!

This is a side of God I have never really seen. I mean, I've maybe seen glimpse of it back in South Carolina... a few snow flurries here, a few there... but the glimpses just don't do the reality of how beautiful it is justice. And by "it," I mean this side of God.

Wow... God is even showing me just how big and beautiful He is in Warrenville, Illinois.

I have expereinced God in Spanish in Guatemala, Afrikkans in South Africa, English in England (hah.. kidding... but not really... he has a cool british accent too). I've seen him in the waves of the ocean and the sand on the beaches. I have been blessed to see sides of God in some amazing places, and today I have discovered another side of God that has truley taken my breath away.

I miss the beach. I've always said I feel alive when I'm in the ocean. But the snow awakens something in me that I didn't know was there... until today.

Thank you, Lord. Thank you for the ordinary days... because they make days like this absolutely amazing!