When God Shows Up

Little background note for understanding this story: I love snow.  I always have.  Growing up in a desert, we didn't see much of the white stuff.  On the rare occasion that it did snow, it hardly ever stuck.  But I've always loved seeing it.  When I lived in Alaska, I loved the overnight and early morning snows.  I would walk out the door on my way to school and be stopped by the pervading stillness of freshly falling snow.  It was the only time that the village was truly quiet and peaceful.  Now I live in another place where it actually snows in the winter and I love it.

That's all background.  Here's the actual story.

I'm in a desert season of life.  One of those seasons when God seems silent and far away.  My prayer recently has been that God would do something, show up somehow or somewhere.  Anything to let me know that God hadn't forgotten me, that He was still in charge, and knew what He was doing.  I'm also reading a book called Captivating, by John and Stasi Eldredge with a group of women.  The part of the book we are reading right now is about how God romances us as women.  We were challenged to ask God to romance us, to show us truly how and how much He really loves us.  As you can see, that aligns with my life prayer right now - God would show up and remind me that He loves me. 

This morning, as I was getting ready for church, I started praying, asking God to romance me, but not believing that He actually would.  I've prayed this sort of prayer before, with no results.  As I brushed my teeth, I walked over to a window to see if the weather really was a gross as the forecast.  And guess what I saw?!  That's right, snowflakes.  They weren't sticking and there weren't many of them and they didn't last long, but God gave me snowflakes.  My heart swelled with love and I couldn't stifle a smile.  Praise bubbled out of my heart.  God really does love me.  I might be reading too much into it, but I believe God used an early morning snow flurry to woo my heart.  And that's what happens when God shows up.