Winter Already!

I am a nut for loving the snow and winter months, this I know!! I am told this every time I tell people I can't wait for the snow season.  I can never remember though being excited about a snow fall at the end of October.  This is great!  I am hearing 2-6 and 4-8, and 6-10 inches by the nights end tomorrow (Saturday) night.  Watching football games in the cold is one thing, even the parade while it is 35 degrees.  Yet tomorrow night as the snow falls, the marching bands may or may not be performing, and trick or treating may not take place.  One thing that will be certain though is that the winter season is upon us.  All the leaves have not even changed and fallen yet!!  One awesome thing though that this season reminds me of.  The gathering of friends and families to celebrate the holidays.  Yet more important than that is the season of celebrating the birth of the Son of God.  As we sit nestled in our warm houses and maybe even in the arms of our loved ones, remember too the season of Jesus coming to earth to love each of us in that same manner.  He will wrap His arms around you in the coldest of days and nights to shelter you.  It is hard to believe the season is already here, but it is a great feeling to yearn for this kind of love all the time.  And for some reason this time of year you seem to get it more frequent than the rest of the year.  Give lots, and take some as it is offered to you.  That is the arms of Jesus wrapping you in His graceful loving embrace saying that it is going to be alright!