Snow Globes

I’m not sure how this idea even popped into my head, because it’s kind of weird, but bear with me as I try to explain my thoughts from this morning.

Think of the little characters inside snow globes. They are so cute with their little scenes, just going about their day with sparkles on the ground. Then someone takes them and turns them upside down and shakes them all around. Ah! But then they are set back down and the sparkles float around so beautifully until they finally settle and the scene is back to normal.

Well, I think that life is kind of like that, too. We are all just cute little figurines inside our snow globes, for the most part pretty content with our lives. But sometimes things happen that turn our lives upside down and shake us up.

Initially, that event feels disorienting, stressful, and scary. We worry about how we can go on or how we will get our lives back in order. We have been tossed around inside our snow globes.

But I believe that after every time we are turned upside down, beauty comes from it, just like a snow globe. Sparkles come down in the form of new friends, stronger relationships, better character, or fresh perspectives.

We can close our eyes when things get rough because we are afraid, but if we forget to open them in the aftermath, we miss discovering all of the positive “sparkles” that come from it.

We’re all going through things that are hard. We’re all in snow globes that get shaken up. But all of our snow globes have beautiful sparkles in them. Let’s remember the enchanting beauty that dwells in our lives every day in the midst of stress, heartache, and fear.

Happy winter! Xo <3 J