I am not sure what inspired me but it was great fun. As I was rolling it's body in the pure white snow I noticed that bits of leaves and grass were sticking to it and ruining it's pure white coat, but I kept rolling anyway.
Here is a picture of him. As you can see it is less than perfect. In fact,when my brother saw it, he kidded with me that I was sculpturally challenged. I agree.
But it was still a joy to make the snowman and I knew I would enjoy him no matter how imperfect. Now that I look at him he reminds me of how imperfect we all are and yet God still delights in us.
In the background of this photo you may notice there is a nativity scene. Both the nativity and the snowman are reminders to me of how God embraces us in all our imperfections. The stable was a mess. This snowman is a mess. We are a mess.
The world demands perfection but God desired to enter into our imperfection. Often times I think of my heart as that messy and imperfect stable and I pray,
Dear Jesus, come into our mess.
Sometimes in life the world will judge us for our imperfections but we just have to keep rolling, trusting in the only thing that is perfect in this world;that is God's perfect love for us. Jeanne Dandrow reposted from previous year 2013
