Snowflakes

We have been cutting “snowflakes” for a children’s holiday program. We fold the paper in half, in thirds and in half again. With scissors we cut holes in all the folds and scallop the edges. Each time I unfold the finished “snowflake” I marvel—the radiating pattern is a thing of beauty, no two alike.
Snowflakes, real ones, form when clouds freeze. Each one has its own unique intricate pattern of ice crystals a beauty unseen unless examined carefully with a magnifier.
So it is in all creation –each plant and animal produces its own kind, yet no two are quite identical. For this reason too, every person on this globe is special: a one-off unique creation, precious in the eye of the Creator.