As anyone who lives in our area can attest, we have had an over abundance of winter precipitation over the last two weeks. Last night a new snow began to fall and lay a nice white blanket across Knoxville. As I stood on the porch late last night and watched the flakes fall I was reminded of the old saying that no two snowflakes are the same. It was a beautiful scene. Something strange happened this morning though, as I looked outside all of those individual snowflakes looked exactly the same as they made a canvas of serene beauty all over the neighborhood. No matter how many flakes fell they all looked the same on the ground.

Before I shaped you in the womb, I knew all about you. Before you saw the light of day, I had holy plans for you

The thought struck me today as I was planning an upcoming event that so many times we see our student ministries as student ministries of snowfall. That is a ministry full of students that all look the same. I mean, we say they are all different and unique but we minister to them as if they were snowfall and not snowflakes. When we look out at the crowd on a Wednesday night whether there's 2, 20 or 200 we see them as similar instead of the unique creation they are. Instead of trying to fit everyone into a one size fits all ministry, throw a little variation into things and create some events that may not be for the mass but for that different, individual personality you have in your group. Even better you, or someone from your team take some individual time to show the unique value that every student has by spending some time with them. I am not perfect at this but today was a great reminder of how important it is.