Growing up in the South, a good snow was something of an anomaly. A couple of inches is all it would take to close schools early and bring the whole town to a halt. I can remember my younger brother and I rushing around the house frantically pulling winter clothes out of storage hoping the snow would still be there by the time we got back outside. In seconds, I would be dressed and out the door, usually wearing an oversized Eskimo coat handed down from a cousin in Montana, and two mittens that never seemed to match. Outside, the whole world lay sound asleep under a soft white blanket. It was magical!
But there was always a bit of sadness hovering over our winter wonderland, knowing that it would all be melted away in a day or two. After a couple of snowball fights and a few fledgling attempts at sledding, we would set ourselves to the task of resurrecting Frosty, always trying to beat last year’s record for longest surviving snowman. I left my legacy to the neighborhood with my seven-foot opus magnum that lasted two whole weeks!
I suppose there is a desire in all of us to leave something behind us that will last, something to show that we were there, and that it mattered. Over 120 years ago C.H. Spurgeon penned these words;
“Have I written in the snow? Will my life’s work endure the lapse of years and the fret of change? Has there been anything immortal in it, which will survive the speedy wreck of all sublunary things? The boys inscribe their names in capitals in the snow, and in the morning’s thaw the writing disappears; will it be so with my work, or will the characters which I have carved outlast the brazen tablets of history? Have I written in the snow?”
I want to sincerely say thank you to those who gave in November to First Priority and the work going on in Tennessee’s first district (TN1). Through your gifts we have trained over 500 students who have shared the Gospel with over 600 of their friends at school, resulting in 16 students putting their faith in Jesus! In addition, over 48 more indicated they wanted to talk to someone about Christ after the First Priority club meeting!
Dear friends, when you give to the work at First Priority, you are NOT writing in the snow. You are exchanging the currency of this world for an eternal reward. This December, please consider giving a gift that can change someone else’s story, for Eternity. Your gifts are tax deductible and go directly to First Priority’s work in your area. Thank you for partnering with us!
Merry Christmas! Give
Aaron, David and Haley
