The last few days we have been blessed with snow. We have thirteen inches of it for Valentines Day. We love it. Memories of winters past come to mind of being snowed in on the farm, snowy days in Kodiak like the night Rachel was born, and a snowy day here right after our son Elijah was born.
In each case we were stuck here. Being stuck means time to relax, read, think, and pray. It’s good to be stuck since it comes right after “stop.” Stuck is a time to be thankful for the spiritual cleansing God offers to those who put their faith in Christ. The result is He promises to forgive and make us “whiter than snow.” Think about it.
Why is snow white? A weather expert says, “When light hits snow, it moves through it– reflecting and refracting off all of the tiny ice crystals. As light reflects back toward us off the ice crystals, we get the whole spectrum. Since no particular color absorbs, the light reflected and therefore the snow, is white!“ How cool! Not sure I totally understand that but I’ll accept it. Believers are made “whiter than snow.” Not sure I can fully grasp that level either. But God does promise it. Psalm 51 affirms that David sinned greatly but was spiritually cleansed that white.
If you have received that forgiveness be thankful. If not then bow, confess your sinfulness, and ask Christ for that forgiveness because of the cleansing power of His cross. Note these verses below that use snow to illustrate His truth.
Psa_51:7 Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Isa_1:18 "Come now, and let us reason together," Says the LORD, "Though your sins are as scarlet, They will be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They will be like wool.
Lam_4:7 Her consecrated ones were purer than snow, They were whiter than milk; They were more ruddy in body than corals, Their polishing was like lapis lazuli.
Mat_28:3 And his appearance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow.
Rev_1:14 His head and His hair were white like white wool, like snow; and His eyes were like a flame of fire.
Click below to see our album of Valentine snow pictures from this morning.
Happy Valentines Day to my Valentine. MES