Brad snuck up behind me like a ninja and threw the world’s largest snowball into my back as soon as his mom took this picture. I grabbed handfuls of snow and started chunking them at him to defend myself. The war wasn’t over until our fingers were numb, and we were freezing to the bone. I am usually a well-prepared person in all aspects EXCEPT when something I don’t think about happening, well, happens. I didn’t bring gloves with me or bundle up because a snowball fight with my husband wasn’t marked on my to-do list. But I chose to embrace the moment, laugh with him, and make a memory. Regardless if you are a list and planner fanatic like me or if you are like Brad and “just wing it,” we all have moments when the unexpected happens and we are suddenly unprepared. These moments can turn out special, terrible, heart-wrenching, life changing, etc. What we have to remember when we are writing our lists and marking our calendars (or not, lol) is that God already has an agenda made for us. There will be snowballs thrown at us from time to time to prepare us for a future season of our lives, to strengthen us, to try our faith…we won’t and can’t possibly KNOW ALLLLL what is ahead. So, what do we do? We prepare ourselves spiritually for the unexpected-the hurtful snowballs and the soft snowflakes. Until AND when the snowballs come, we have to ground ourselves into the Word, build us a fort of memorized scripture to strengthen our hearts, and gather soldiers of believers to help us out! Andddd what about the snowflakes you ask? Prepare for the beautiful moments of life just like you would prepare for the snowballs because you will want to have your loved ones circling around you with happy, smiling faces and scriptures of thankfulness stirring in your heart. Similar to the way the snow melts, so do these moments…
