The color of Peace

An email I just sent to a friend of mine got me to thinking. I was describing just how amazing it looks up here today. It started snowing last night sometime and still has not stopped. Those of you who really know me will know just how much I love the snow. I hate to be outside in the summer time but love to be outside during the winter. Go figure. When it snows like this, you are stuck at home with only the snow and your family to entertain you. I could stand and stare at the snow falling from the sky for hours. The feeling and color of peace is amazing. I know that the snow does not bring peace to everyone, right Mom? But it does to me. The color of the sky when it is spilling snow and the feeling of quiet and stillness even though the world is moving so quickly around you. Even the snow is moving but it makes me feel like time has "frozen" or stopped. Giving me a moment to take a deep breath, taking in the smell of the fresh snow and the new air. I do not want to remember my science class from High School that tells me just what snow is really made of, it would ruin the moment. But then again it reminds you of a knowledge from before. Maybe this is why it is my color for peace? It reminds me that no matter how horrible or "dirty" things get, with the pure love of Christ or in the case of snow, a cloud, it can once again be white and beautiful. I have been struggling with the people here and the lack of hope that is in this town. I was raised always knowing that there was hope for something different. Even in my darkest moments, I knew there was something different. Even if I was looking for the wrong different. But the people of this town are not even looking for anything different. I have a hard time with that. I don't understand it. So the snow is a blessing for me. The color of the snow and the sky of grayish white. The shadows of the mountains in the clouds and the red, cold faces around me. Even the shadows in the white color of tire tracks. Just what color is that? All I know is that it is MY color of peace. I only hope you find your own.