Central Ohio is covered in snow this morning.  There are few things more beautiful and serene than several inches of newly fallen snow covering the ground.   There is a hush in the world, as traffic is slowed and muffled.  The quietness is refreshing and the fresh snow on the trees is lovely as it softly falls and accumulates.  There is newfound beauty as the brilliant red of cardinals and blue of blue jays’ standout against the background of white, while they perch in the trees.  My bird feeder is busy with activity as birds crowd together for easily accessible food.  The landscape looks clean and new while the snow hides anything unsightly.  If you can view the scene from the warmth inside, the world is a winter wonderland painting.  I take pictures of every new snowfall, as if it is the first I’ve seen, and with each snowfall I also think of God’s promise to make each of His children “white as snow”. 

Isaiah 1:18 says, “Come now and let us reason together, says the Lord.  Though your sins are scarlet, they shall be as white as snow”.  David, in Psalm 51:7 says, “Wash me and I will be whiter than snow”.  What joy to know that if we are God’s child, living in obedience to His will, we appear sinless in His presence!  Because Christ died on the cross at Calvary, He reconciled us with God.  He took our sin, past and present, so that we appear sinless before God, who cannot look at sin.  God has made a way for us to live eternally, in Heaven, if we will accept Him into our life now.  Praise Him!

The hymn, by William Fisher says it best:

“Lord Jesus, I long to be perfectly whole.  I want Thee forever to live in my soul.  Break down every idol, cast out every foe; Now wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Lord Jesus, look down from Thy throne in the skies, and help me to make a complete sacrifice; I give up myself, and whatever I know, Now wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Lord Jesus, for this I most humbly entreat, I wait, blessed Lord, at Thy crucified feet; By faith, for my cleansing, I see Thy blood flow, Now wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Lord Jesus, Thou seest I patiently wait, Come now, and within me a new heart create; To those who have sought Thee, Thou never saidst “No,” Now wash me and I shall be whiter than snow”.