Culture Lesson

Snow. :) It's one of the most beautiful things that the eye can behold. When winter has come and stripped all of the trees of the wonderful gold, red, and orange leaves snow is a welcome sight. That is.........everywhere else. 

   In Arkansas, snow is a burden. It's beautiful alright, but the effects of it are usually harmful. You see, when it snows in Arkansas, it brings a lot of ice with it. The process is as follows ; freezing rain accumulates on the ground and is usually about an inch thick, then little puffs of sticky snow pile up about two to three more inches, and finally another inch of ice finds it's way to the top. When cars travel on the roads the snow and ice started to melt because of the heat, but then refreezes from the cold air. This results in ice that is even more slick. I don't exaggerate when I say that the town I live in shuts down when it snows. The schools, banks, and stores close. This is a picture that I took today. It snowed all day yesterday and there were multiple car accidents. And it makes me wonder........How can something so beautiful be so harmful?? Well, there are a lot of things in life that are nice to look at. There are a lot of things that seem good, but are very dangerous indeed. 

Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.  Proverbs 31:30

     What are some things in our lives that are beautiful and yet harm us? We need to be on the look out. 

Brianna