During these oftentimes dark days of the COVID-19 pandemic one of the places where I have been looking for and finding a glimmer of hope is in nature.

That is why I found it especially cool that the day after I was treated to beauty above me during my morning dog-walk —flocks of geese flying overhead in a clear blue sky—I was treated to beauty below me.

On this particular morning the beauty came in the form of a fresh layer of sparkling frost on the ground. The sparkles were created first by my flashlight and then by the morning sun reflecting off of a thick layer of frost. It was an awesome sight, like stars at our feet and paws brightening our way to a brand new day.

Seeing the sparkling frost was uplifting in and of itself. It also was a welcome reminder—especially coming as it did during the middle of the dark COVID-19 pandemic and the dark days of winter—that the Lord is a “light to our path and lamp to our feet.”