I was thinking about how many times the average person has
to shovel their driveway in the winter months. Of course the answer to that,
assuming it can even be calculated at all, varies depending on where you live,
and from year to year. However, I am thinking primarily about the typical
Canadian-like winters, for that is where my experience lies.
A couple years ago I invested in a snow blower. I was tired
of constantly manually shoveling my long driveway, crawling back into the house
with a sore back, and a couple times even wondering if I was about to keel over
with a heart attack.
I am starting to wonder if maybe we’re doing this winter
snow removal thing wrong. As someone once said, “If God put the snow there, He can remove it.” What if, instead of
shoveling every time it snows, we just left it there? What if, instead of
wrecking our backs and risking heart attacks, we all just said, “No, I’m not doing this any more!?”
I vote that we all just invest in snowmobiles and snowshoes,
and let the snow sit where the good Lord put it until He chooses to remove it
again. I’m sure there must be some good reason for it being there, and if so,
then it stands to reason that it certainly must be wrong for me to move it all
the time. Maybe the reason it keeps snowing is because we keep moving it. Maybe
if we left it where it lay, there would be no reason for God to keep sending us
more.
Yup, I can just see it now. Just as the warmer months are
known for the motorcycles and joggers, in the same way the colder months would
be known for its snowmobiles and cross-country skiers. Now, wouldn’t that be
kind of fun?
So who is with me? Is it time to throw away your snow
shovel? Sorry, what was that? Oh, okay, if you insist. You say that it is time for
me to wake up and step back into reality? Got it. Besides, I think it’s time to
go and clear my driveway … again.
Groan.
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