My Winter Break began December 13 and that's the day I flew to Toronto to visit Greg (wrtbooks). It was my first time out of the country, and an amazing time of fellowship with him and other Christians he introduced me too. And, I made my first *real* snowman. The snowman, believe it or not, is the focus of this post.We were walking back from a supper with Greg's family, and the snow laid thick on the ground from the previous day's snowfall (I prayed for snow, lol). Greg looked across the street from his home and saw a promising area for snowman-building. I've gotta admit, I was reluctant at first, but agreed to build the snowman.We gave him Oreo cookie eyes and a little carrot nose, and I bent a not-quite-dead twig for a smile.What a wonderful experience! People walking by actually made encouraging comments toward us -- in this usually-apathetic town, strangers were smiling toward us and even stopping to have a short conversation.Then we decided to make use of this opportunity. We found a cross-shaped stick and placed it on the snowman's chest, and wrote "Isaiah 1:18" in sticks on a cleared area of the snow in front of him. We prayed together that someone walking by would be curious enough to go home and read what it said.A few pictures were taken, and Greg and I walked across the street to warm up in his house, wondering if anyone would notice.As we climbed the steps of his porch, Greg said, "Hey, look! Someone's coming!" I looked over my shoulder to see a young guy walk by the snowman without so much as a glance. I felt a bit of disappointment set in when he suddenly stopped in his tracks, walked the few steps back to the snowman, and leaned low to read what was written. Greg and I looked at each other with huge smiles and bounded into the house like five-year-olds.We sat peering out his front window for a long while, waiting for people to walk by and laughing with glee as person after person stopped to look.A bit before midnight, I looked again out the window again to find the snowman had been pushed over -- Greg went out to find that the verse wasn't there anymore either.The fact that it was pushed over told Greg and I that someone was confronted with truth and didn't like it -- there are three responses to being confronted with truth: accept it, reject it, or decide to find out more.God, I pray that you used this simple snowman to plant a seed that night. We took snow, your creation, and created a small testimony of your love. Thank you, God, for all that you've done for us. Work in the hearts of those who saw it, please, Lord.
