January 19
2014
As White As Snow…
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
In the multitude of my anxieties within me,
Your comforts delight my soul.
Psalm 94:19
Sunday morning blanket of snow covering over the earth. Just yesterday I commented on how “dirty” everything looked after all the rain. And if I were to be honest I could feel that same grime covering my mind and spirit – the dust of everyday struggles, mingled with the mist of tears; caked on. Only the 19th of January. Not even a month into the new year and here I find myself caked with the residue of life…..worn down.
And then this morning – snow! White, pure, covering everything, hanging off the trees and covering the dust. Such beauty in such a simple thing. The dust and tears still mingle underneath but the fresh snow covers a multitude of life circumstances. Fresh, new – another day to make an honest effort to live the radical, arms and hands open wide, twirling barefoot in the grass, head back, abandoned laughter, don’t care who is looking, kind of living!
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28
