Maybe Hell Froze Over
It snowed Tuesday morning.
One would think that being home in my native Carolinas, that on an annual basis, the winter ground would be covered with snow.
For the most part, that’s the case, save for my county. Two hours north? It snows and snows and snows. Here, though, I think it’s only showed thrice in the years that I can remember.
Of course, Tuesday was a day for history; Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States, was sworn into office. For many, the occasion was long-overdue - a powerful occasion filled with emotion.
Where was I during the inauguration? Getting ready to make a lengthy drive to see my girlfriend. Truthfully, my thoughts weren’t on the inauguration and the subsequent parties, but rather on what would happen the days, the weeks, the months and the years after.
I thought to compare the reactions of those blissfully happy with Tuesday’s events to a child in my hometown that sees snow – somewhat ironic, considering Obama’s mention of I Corinthians 13:11:
When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
I thought about those words in conjunction with my comparison, and then simply thought of how fitting it would be that the change of leadership from what some might consider a hellish regime would be accompanied with rare snow.
Maybe Hell froze over.
My racing, insatiable mind wouldn’t have it.
You see, I have this habit of not just reading or listening to a bible verse, but wanting to read the entire chapter in the hopes of a better understanding.
I Corinthians 13 also has a significant nickname - the Love Chapter.(For starters, I challenge you all to click the "Bible On the Web" link to the left of you and read it in its entirety.
Another verse that captured my eye –(v. 10) "But when the perfect comes, the imperfect will pass away.”
Then, I remembered back to the snow that fell earlier Tuesday. How it didn’t stick; how, even if it had, the sunlight would’ve eventually melted it.
And that hell hasn’t frozen over just yet.
John 16:33 – “I have said this to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world."
One would think that being home in my native Carolinas, that on an annual basis, the winter ground would be covered with snow.
For the most part, that’s the case, save for my county. Two hours north? It snows and snows and snows. Here, though, I think it’s only showed thrice in the years that I can remember.
Of course, Tuesday was a day for history; Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States, was sworn into office. For many, the occasion was long-overdue - a powerful occasion filled with emotion.
Where was I during the inauguration? Getting ready to make a lengthy drive to see my girlfriend. Truthfully, my thoughts weren’t on the inauguration and the subsequent parties, but rather on what would happen the days, the weeks, the months and the years after.
I thought to compare the reactions of those blissfully happy with Tuesday’s events to a child in my hometown that sees snow – somewhat ironic, considering Obama’s mention of I Corinthians 13:11:
When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
I thought about those words in conjunction with my comparison, and then simply thought of how fitting it would be that the change of leadership from what some might consider a hellish regime would be accompanied with rare snow.
Maybe Hell froze over.
My racing, insatiable mind wouldn’t have it.
You see, I have this habit of not just reading or listening to a bible verse, but wanting to read the entire chapter in the hopes of a better understanding.
I Corinthians 13 also has a significant nickname - the Love Chapter.(For starters, I challenge you all to click the "Bible On the Web" link to the left of you and read it in its entirety.
Another verse that captured my eye –(v. 10) "But when the perfect comes, the imperfect will pass away.”
Then, I remembered back to the snow that fell earlier Tuesday. How it didn’t stick; how, even if it had, the sunlight would’ve eventually melted it.
And that hell hasn’t frozen over just yet.
John 16:33 – “I have said this to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world."
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