Heavy snow overnight has meant that the service in the village chapel where I was to preach this morning, has been cancelled.
"Lent" is a Teutonic word meaning "Spring," but there has been nothing Spring-like about the weather so far!
I had not listened to a weather forecast so was unprepared for the white carpet that greeted me this morning. I actually gasped with surprise.
Being astonished made me think how God so often does things that take us by surprise. The most astonishing being the Incarnation. Who would have expected such a wonderful, astonishing gift!