The Snowflake

By Jamie Carie

Description:

Ellen Pierce and her brother are determined to reach the Alaska gold rush. But when ice stalls their steamship, all seems lost, until Buck Lewis makes a decision: he'll lead all who dare to follow on foot toward Dawson City.

Buck is determined to leave behind a heartbreaking past. No amount of ice or weather will stop him. But he never counted on a woman joining a dangerous wilderness trek-or on falling in love with her.

As their journey unfolds and Christmas approaches, Ellen and Buck discover that the greatest gift of all can't be wrapped in paper and tied with a bow. It comes from, and is received in, the heart.

Come share in a soul-deep romance that gives a joyful reminder of a redeeming God who makes us each unique, yet loves us all the same.

Book Takeaway:

Dear Reader,
Have you ever considered the snowflake? I have. I have a fascination with them. They say snowflakes are one of a kind, like fingerprints. Can you imagine how many snowflakes are in a handful of snow? A yard full? A city’s worth? And that’s just in one snowfall. What about a winter’s worth of snowflakes across the entire world? What about every snowflake that has or will ever fall? Can you imagine the diversity in each intricate design? The perfectly symmetrical arms that appear like sparkling glass under a microscope? The bends and twists, the nubs and branches on a piece of floating, fluffy frozen water? Only God has that much imagination, that much creativity, that much timeless knowledge and wisdom. Only God could build a snowflake with each one having its own identity.
We are like the snowflake. Fantastic and unfathomable and fragile. Our lives are a moment in time, but that moment is all ours. There is no one like you ever made or ever to be made. If God took the effort to make each snowflake with its own unique shape, how much more did He expend on you, His beloved, in His image?
We forget, I think, how valuable we are to Him. When the snowflake melts, what does it become? Streams and rivers, lakes and oceans. Life-giving water. God created one-of-a-kind water droplets for you to drink. I can’t fathom such love.
Dear beloved reader, do not sell yourself short. Do not think for a moment that you don’t mean everything to Him. Do not let man and Satan, sin and evil, rob you of your worth. After all, God gave His one and only son for you.
Remember that the next time you look in the mirror and see only shortcomings and failures. Remember. It’s hard, I know. But I promise, I will try and remember it too.