Snow Steps

White. Delicate crystals. Gently falling. Pure... it was a beautiful morning! The snow in all its glory laid out willingly before unmerciful footsteps. Tromping through the snow on the way to class, my eyes fell on a glorious picture of walking with the Lord. You see, i started out on the sidewalk where many other feet had been. It was fairly easy - didn't have to dig through piles with my feet (that are especially vulnerable to cold). Even though the sidewalk was not scraped, it was trodden on and packed down enough that the back of my jeans didn't get wet (b/c i really hate wet jeans). Then i turned onto a path where only one lone set of footsteps marked the perfect snow...this got a little bit trickier. So gingerly (or as gingerly as i can be...ha!) i stepped from step to step, avoiding the looming banks of snow on either side. Well, let's just say these must have been a guy's foot prints, b/c they were really big shoes prints, and the steps were pretty lengthy in distance. So, i felt like i was doing lunges down the sidewalk. It created an adventure, a challenge requiring balance...if i didn't stay in step, my pants would get messy...which would lead to them later on melting and getting wet, and if i didn't change out of them soon it could lead to increased risk for getting sick. When i turned the corner, another sidewalk laid out before me, clean and scraped. wow! What the change. It was nice, but i preferred the ginger stepping from step to step in the footsteps of the lone snow steps (even though it was slow-going and a bit more difficult).

"To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps." 1 Peter 2:21