As the Snow Falls

I've enjoyed writing a few Christmas songs this year. I love Jesus and love the beautiful wild and wonderful places He created. I've always loved snow and everything that it symbolizes. In the bible snow is used to describe how clean Jesus makes us as He washes our sin away. "Wash me and I will be whiter than snow." Psalm 51:7

Most of this song is just fun with a few rhymes here and there. The main chorus at the end however is in (aaab) rhyme scheme in the tradition of a Violette.

If you let it, snow can bring a calmness to your heart. I live a short distance from a very busy highway. I can hear the low hum of passing cars and semis most of the year. During a good West Michigan snow however, the sound is swallowed up in all the cotton candy white. There's a stillness and quiet that only snow can produce. I can pretend I live far from civilization when it snows. When it snows I move from the outskirts of big cities, to the mountains of Idaho or Colorado. At least in my heart.

Snow also creates equality. I could have the worst kept yard in my neighborhood (I'm sure I do), and my neighbors could have emaculate yards, perfectly landscaped, but when it snows they are all the same. I know that might seem like a petty reason to like snow. I gotta tell ya though, a blanket covering everyting, uniting creation in the same wrapping of white, has a special quality to it. We're all the same under that big starry sky. All of us are sinners, all in need of a savior.

Some of the best moments of my life involve heading out to "golf course hill" as a kid with my family for epic sledding. The first snow captures the imagination of my kids no matter what age, igniting dreams of adventures. The strongest snow fort. The tallest snow man. The fastest tobaggon. In the snow I'm connected in a new way each year with the ones I love most.

There's a peace that comes with snow. It's good to be out in it, watching it fall, sticking your tongue out to catch a unique flake. It's also good to be inside, by a warm fire, with a toasty drink in your hands just knowing its blowy and drifty outside. I've always enjoyed life as the snow falls.

AS THE SNOW FALLS

A canvas of fresh snow

Falls on the world I know

The moon shines merry and bright

Washing everything clean

Bringing endless possibility

I'm awestruck by Jesus tonight

Out past the gravel road

Down the trail that daddy pulled

The sled along the river we'll see

The snow fall

Let's cross over the frozen stream

Through the fields where grandpa dreamed

To the edge of the woods we'll see

The snow fall

Come to the edge of the woods and see

How He blankets the meadow

Brings peace where His wind blows

Way down through the hollows

Into the valley of my heart

And He glitters in the pine grove

And bends all the boughs low

Makes everything equal

He purifies my heart

Come to the edge of the woods and see

The snow fall