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Mary Kassian

Different By Design

Posted on 01.12.10 by Mary Kassian | Twitter: @MaryKassian
Topics: Womanhood

I awoke to a spectacular view outside my window this morning. The snow that fell overnight was the coarse, fluffy kind. The soft flakes covered everything with a snowflakelayer of Narnia-like magic that the best potato flake Hollywood scene couldn't even begin to mimic.

Did you know that scientists have developed an entire classification system for snowflakes? The facets of each crystal can contain a countless variety of dendrites, grooves, ridges, sectored plates, columns, needles, bullets, sheaths, chandelier crystals, rosettes, arrowheads, and caps. The close-up photos are stunning!

Each snowflake is a unique masterpiece. Each tiny crystal is a testimony to the genius, creativity, sheer enthusiasm, and power of the Designer who created them. Scientists say that it could snow day and night until the sun dies and still no two snowflakes would ever be precisely alike! Each one is different! It's difficult to even begin to fathom. No wonder the poet Henry David Thoreau wrote in his journal that a snowflake is the product of enthusiasm. " How full of the creative genius is the air in which these are generated! I should hardly admire more if real stars fell and lodged on my coat."1

The difference and uniqueness of each sparkling crystal is what makes snowflakes so spectacular. Their beauty is accentuated by the difference. Our Creator delights in making things according to His unique design. That's why snowflakes are different. That's why male and female are different. That's why each individual is different.

The modern-day bending, blending, and blurring of distinction between male and female is tragic—not only because it assaults the message to which gender points—but also because it negates our uniqueness. We are different by His design—and therein lies the beauty.

1Henry David Thoreau, The Journal of Henry David Thoreau (Salt Lake City: Peregrine Smith, 1984) 87–88.

Here are some photos I took this morning of my backyard "Narnia Lamp" and Stone Lady.

Narnia lamp

stone lady 

Comments

  1. Lovely photos, and you are a lovely lady, Mary--unique and precious in God's sight. Thank you for this reminder that I am unique as a woman, too. I love being a woman--so happy with God's plan.

    I was speaking to a woman a week ago who is not happy with God's plan. She is a lesbian, and she insists that God created her that way. She wants to embrace everything else in the Bible and snip out the gender differences. What a challenge to explain Truth to her. Thanks for your commitment to the Truth.
    http://heartchoicestoday.blogspot.com
    posted by Dawn Wilson
    on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 1:18 pm
  2. Mary, the photos and analogy are beautiful. I too have been amazed to learn about (through reading books to our children!) the uniqueness and magnificent beauty of the individual snowflake. Yes, yes, we are each different by design; each a unique tool in the Master's hand; each a specific and important part of the well orchestrated puzzle. Thank you for this post and for the link to the pictures! (I'll show my children.) It's true that the beauty and wonder of the creation cry out for a Creator (Ps. 19). It is a privilege to know that Creator personally. I am also thankful for the truths about manhood and womanhood I've learned through ROH (including through you, Mary!). Dawn, I will pray for that woman, that the Lord may open her eyes...
    Blessings through Jesus,
    posted by Leslie S.
    on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 3:14 pm
  3. Thank you for this beautiful article!! Can't wait to show these pictures to my son when he comes in from school.

    What a beautiful reminder of how awesome all God's creations are. Also what a good reminder of the way God created man and woman and wanted them to be different but to compliment each other.
    true woman
    posted by Carol
    on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at 11:38 am
  4. I have also seen some snowflakes in an album and they are truly wonderful. It is indeed awesome as Carol said above that men and women are so different. And thank God for womanhood! I like these comments and enjoy reading them all. Love to all. Judy
    posted by judy
    on Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 12:43 pm
  5. I had read a statement some time ago comparing our uniqueness to that of the snowflake. It was so simply put and I would like to use it's application, but can't seem to find it. Thanks, KS
    posted by karen
    on Monday, January 25, 2010 at 10:27 pm
  6. Hmmm . . . this is the only post I'm aware of where our uniqueness was likened to snowflakes. Sorry I can't be of more help, Karen.
    posted by Paula Hendricks
    on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 9:54 am
  7. I found this beautiful poem last year, but do not remember where and was anonymous...I have shared it with so many, many people who cherish it as I do...God is amazing in His creations! Enjoy!

    The Meaning of the Snowflake

    Every new snowflake comes to the earth
    as a picture of our Saviour’s birth,
    because they are sent from up above
    and remind us of God’s care and love.
    Each one is so intricate and small
    because Christ sees the details of us all,
    and just as two are never the same
    the Lord knows and calls us each by name.
    Snowflakes gently cover the world in white
    and hide what’s unlovely from our sight,
    showing us how He covers our sin
    and gives us His grace when we come to Him.
    So may every snowflake bring Christ to mind
    and in every bit of white may you find
    a reason to celebrate anew
    and a reminder of His love for you
    posted by Diane
    on Friday, January 29, 2010 at 10:46 pm

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