The weather has been a great source of writing material. I've found some inspiring thoughts a I've watched the snow fall and melt and fall and.........
I don't know many who don't relate the snow covered ground to being clean and pure on some level, several of my favorite hymns refer to just that. In as much as snow covered land is beautiful, it hides imperfections and covers over unpleasing sights, underneath the beauty is not so easy on the eyes, thus humankind comes to mind.
We can adorn ourselves with beautiful things and don a righteous attitude appearing to all the world as, well, as pure as the driven snow, glistening and sparkling behind frozen walls. Then the Son shines on us with bright intensity, the rays reaching down to probe the ice surrounding our "inmost place." It's only when we allow the heat of the Spirit Son to burn into our hearts that the frozen facade begins to melt away exposing the blotches and blemishes we've tried so hard to cover on our own.
Isn't it ironic that the only thing that can cleanse us and make us pure isn't white at all? That the only thing that can cover our blemishes and imperfections is the Crimson flood that flowed from Calvary?
To be cleansed whiter even than the snow we must admit our weakness and confess our imperfections, or as John 6:29 says, Jesus answered, "the work of God is this: to believe in the One He has sent." then in Romans 10:9, "That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead you will be saved."
As we gather once again around this table, "prepared for us in the presence of our enemies," reflect on God's sacrifice, believe it in your heart, then goodness and mercy shall surely follow you as well.
P. Hemphill
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