Come now, and let us reason together,
saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow; though they
be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Isaiah 1:18
A huge snowstorm is rampaging through my area on this cold Valentine's Day...
saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow; though they
be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Isaiah 1:18
A huge snowstorm is rampaging through my area on this cold Valentine's Day...
The winds are howling. The snow is falling quickly in what appears to be large, wet flakes. Strong gusts are causing piles of snow to settle against the sides of my building and along my window's ledge.
I love watching it snow. But it's been said, however, that no two snowflakes are identical. And in this respect snowflakes are like people. Each one of us has our own set of fingerprints and our own individual DNA.
This also reminds me that God has created each human being to be unique and different. None of us, although alike in many ways, are the same. And I'd like to think the Lord designed us this way to be a special work of creation, wonderfully made in His image.
Interestingly, in the above passage from the Old Testament book of Isaiah the prophet, the Lord likens snow to purity. It is something that, barring today's levels of air pollution, is a substance that is clean. Sin, of course, is always represented in the Scriptures as bad, dirty and impure.
So as I gaze out my window at the increasing amounts of white flakes, I'm reminded of how God sees me today - as one whose sins have been washed away. God sees my soul as being pure, like fresh snow. The dark stains of sin are gone. I've been made spotless by the blood of Jesus. Amen.
D.B.
I love watching it snow. But it's been said, however, that no two snowflakes are identical. And in this respect snowflakes are like people. Each one of us has our own set of fingerprints and our own individual DNA.
This also reminds me that God has created each human being to be unique and different. None of us, although alike in many ways, are the same. And I'd like to think the Lord designed us this way to be a special work of creation, wonderfully made in His image.
Interestingly, in the above passage from the Old Testament book of Isaiah the prophet, the Lord likens snow to purity. It is something that, barring today's levels of air pollution, is a substance that is clean. Sin, of course, is always represented in the Scriptures as bad, dirty and impure.
So as I gaze out my window at the increasing amounts of white flakes, I'm reminded of how God sees me today - as one whose sins have been washed away. God sees my soul as being pure, like fresh snow. The dark stains of sin are gone. I've been made spotless by the blood of Jesus. Amen.
D.B.
