Summer is hot in Klamath Falls, but that doesn't mean that a bare patch of ground cannot produce something lush and beautiful. Here in the high desert it tends to dry out in the midsummer when ponds dry and grasses wither and turn brown. This is not Ireland or New Zealand, we have water shortages, water crisiss, and suckerfish troubles. But every year something special happens, winter. Winter is when the snow comes down and provides a use for sleds, fireplaces, and many more enjoyable pasttimes. Most importantly though the snow sticks deep in the mountains and hills, pilingly up and up and up. A snowpack. This snowpack will melt slowly making runoff streams that feed ponds, lakes, and irrigation ditches providing water late into the thirsty summer. Giving norishment, promoting growth, and providing fruit.
I am Klamath Falls dirt. There are times in my life when the wettness of spring give way to hot arid desert. The late summer times in my life when there seems to be nothing to work with, nothing to grow in, and ultimately no fruit. But God has built up a snowpack! Like jumping into a high mountain lake on a hot day, the revitalizing shock of what He has provided give new life to this patch of dry ugly ground that makes up Jordan. A snowpack that is composed of the most wonderful things. The natural beauty around me that speaks of nothing but the almighty God. Godly men and women that provide awesome examples and many words of wisdom. Encouraing friends giving support, repremand, encouragement, and much more. Family to guide and test me, heaping on love and caring hugs. And the Word of the Lord which is the ultimate lighthouse to show the way, and the 3D picture of God's love and perfect being.
Guess what! It's snowing in my life! God is establishing a snowpack that has me so very excited. It gives me irrepressable shivers of joy to think of the summer that I could survive with what God is providing and storing up in me. The blessings of mentors, great friends, loving family, and the Word of God. "sigh"
May the Lord walk beside me and you to comfort us.
May the Lord walk above me and you to watch over us.
May the Lord walk behind me and you to keep us safe safe.
May the Lord walk before me and you to show us the way.
Who AM I?
- Jordan Lyman
- First and formost an aspiring servant to the Lord, secondly a servant to everyone else.
2 comments:
I like how you wrote this, a lot! Dirt and snow; Summer and Winter. What a great analogy.
"Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...." :-D
This is really good, Jordan.
I think the snow-pack God has placed in our lives, often takes the form of "the peace that surpasses all understanding"; maybe because it comes when we least expect it, but most need it.
Keep up the good work, Mr. :)
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