So Simple

So small and simple, yet so beautiful. Not a lot of color, but made up of so much detail. There is none in this world like it, nor will there ever be. It is here for just a short time, and then, gone. Never to return.

I sat watching the white snowflakes fall on my black jacket. There would be clumps of them, all together, making it impossible to distinguish between each flake. Every once in a while, there would be just one to fall; one to gaze upon in amazement of the beautiful, intricate detail. And then it would be gone, melted away, left only in my memory.

Sitting there watching the wonder of a small snowstorm in the South, I couldn't help but think of how much detail God put into all of those tiny snowflakes falling around me. How long it would take me to come up with just ten or more snowflake "designs" and yet here were millions, trillions and probably more, all different, falling around me.

I started to see, I was just like that snowflake. God has spent so much time and effort, first into creating me in my mother's womb, then to shape me and define me in His image. Just like that tiny flake, I am also beautiful to Him and cherished by Him, for His pleasure and to bring Him glory. One day, only He knows when, I will be gone from this world with only a memory to those I touched, remaining. How much of a legacy will I leave behind? How many lives will I have reached for His kingdom?

I am so small compared to the atrocities of the world; so tiny compared to the great spiritual giants that have walked this earth; so little compared to all the beautiful wonders of this world. Yet, I can be so big in His grace, so loved by His heavenly arms and powerful enough to move mountains, if I will only believe and commit to walking in His ways.
How about you? Are you ready to move some mountains today? Are you ready to let the God of all creation love you and cherish you like He has always wanted? Are you ready to live life like He has meant you to live it? The choice is up to you. Today could be your beginning, the beginning of where you were and where God met you. Will you choose Him today?