All eyes are on the weather this week – cold, snow, wind…. All forces that create a variety of feelings and also a call to action. Today let’s focus on SNOW.

Here in the mid-Atlantic we are unusually cold, and our lawns are blanketed with snow. It’s lovely to look at from inside the warmth of our homes. And there are some who enjoy getting out and sledding, snowboarding, or skiing.

Typically in winter all the trees are bare and the grass is not as green and lush. Then a beautiful fresh layer of snow covers everything with a clean coat and a little sparkle.

Psalm 51:7 finds David saying “Purify me from my sins, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.” When we think of sins we think of dirty transgressions… and when God washes away those sins we become whiter than snow. Not just covered up like the bare dead branches. We actually become snowy white. Our sins are not just hidden – they are gone! – as long as we ask God for forgiveness and we accept it.

Later, in Psalm 148:7-9 we read “Praise the Lord from the earth, you creatures of the ocean depths,
⁸ fire and hail, snow and clouds, wind and weather that obey him,…”

The snow obeys Him, along with the rest of the weather. God uses snow to remind us of the beauty He can make of our lives – He can make beauty from ashes, and allow us to live for Him and serve Him, unhindered by the sin that weighs us downs if we don’t ask forgiveness.

What do you want to give Him today? What forgiveness do you need so that you too can be sparkling clean like the fresh fallen snow?