a bean in the snow

This is Gillian...

...or Gilly Bean... or just Bean. And that is a picture of a Bean in the snow.

This past weekend while staying at Grandma's house in Wisconsin, Bean heard the weatherman say on TV that there was a chance of snow; only it was raining outside. In perfect two year old fashion, not understanding the variables involved, Bean said that she "really" wanted it to snow. As her mother was taking her to go for a nap it was explained that the only way it would snow is if God wanted it to snow. So Bean prayed and asked God to make it snow. Of course you already know the outcome, pictures say many words. When Bean woke up and there were four inches of perfect fluffy packing snow on the ground, she exclaimed, faithfully, the way only a child can, that God had heard her.

Ahh... I wish that I were there to hear her make that exclamation. Oh how precious. Children know so much more than we give them credit for. It's interesting to ponder whether there was an element of divine interaction involved in the rain becoming snow in such timing. Personally, I believe God to be that sovereign, and loving. Somehow with something on a macro level like the weather, He is able to be completely and intricately involved on a micro level with all of His creation. All glory and honor be unto Him.

"Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable." Psalm 145:3

...read the rest of that Psalm, and think of how the little faith of the little Bean was made bigger with a little white fluffy snow.