I love the snow! I know, I know, some might think I'm crazy, but I just love seeing the gentle falling flakes cover the world with a beautiful soft white blanket. There's just something calming and quiet about falling snow that bids me to "be still and know that I am God." (Psalm 46:10)

Actually, there is scientific evidence that the world is quieter when it snows. According to meteorologists, when snow falls it absorbs some soundwaves. As the snowflakes stack up, there is more space left between them, compared to the surface of liquids like water. With all that space, sound is unable to bounce off snow as easily as it would off water. As a result, the sound gets absorbed.   

In Job 38:22, it reads, "Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow?" It is interesting that Job has more references to snow, ice and frost than any other book of the Bible. The beautiful phrase, "treasures of the snow", reminds me of the intricate design of each snowflake our Creator has formed. They are endlessly varied and delicate; showing the tenderness of our Heavenly Father.

The snow is a treasure in other ways as well. The winter’s snowpack in the mountains is often called “white gold” because of its indispensable water storage capacity, released in the melting season each spring to provide life to cities and irrigation in the desert for needed food supplies. When the snowpack becomes a glacier, it can greatly assist in the breakup of rocks to form fertile soils. What an amazing God we have that can use snow to meet so many needs!

In the Scriptures, its pure white color is often used to symbolize the cleansing of a sinful heart that trusts the Lord. “Wash me,” said David, “and I shall be whiter than snow” (Psalm 51:7). “Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow,” the Lord promises those who come to Him for salvation (Isaiah 1:18).

While in the heart of wintertime, I pray you will look at the falling snow with a sense of awe and wonder and enjoy the "treasures of the snow."