White and Dirty...

No I didn't say "White and Nerdy" like the song by Weird Al. I said "white and dirty".

We have had a pretty decent amount of snow this winter. Although most any amount of snow is a decent amount for a boy from the South like me, it seems like we have had even a decent amount of snow for you tried and true Midwesterners.

In the book of Isaiah we read these words:
“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.” (Isaiah 1:18, NIV)

As we are reminded of this passage of Scripture, we should have a new thought process when we see the snow undisturbed (like in the picture to the right of my backyard). Of course not all snow is pure white. The disturbed snow from cars and snow plows is very nasty and dirty (as you can also see from the picture on the left). But they didn't have cars and snow plows when the Bible was written (although obviously many things can disturb the snow). But when we read in Scripture that though our sins were as scarlet, they will be as white as snow it is talking about the pure, undisturbed snow. What a beautiful picture we have of what Christ did for us falling right in front of our eyes.

So if you don't already think about this verse when you see the pure, white snow begin thinking about it from now on. God has been faithful to give us a beautiful picture of what He has done with our sin right before our very eyes. And our response...it can only be "Thank You Lord".