Friday, November 12, 2021 Birthday Gift

Look what I got for my birthday!

Snow! What’s not to like about a fresh snowfall, especially one that lightly dusts the trees and leaves and doesn’t stick to the path? It’s marvelous! It’s beautiful! It’s festive!

Even the gnome approved.

And lest you start grumbling about shoveling and clearing off your car and snow drifts and slippery roads, let me remind you about what else snow tells us:

“Come now and let us reason together,” says the Lord,
“Though your sins are as scarlet,
they shall be white as snow;
though they are red like crimson,
they shall be like wool.”
Isaiah 1:18

My scarlet-and-crimson-red sins have become white as snow. The red blood of Christ canceled out the red guilt of my sin and left me covered with fresh grace as with a snowfall. What a gift! What a marvelous, beautiful and festive gift! Thank you, Lord.

I’ll probably put this post outside and let it get covered with snow in the morning.