snow

Happy Valentine's Day! Although it would seem very appropriate for me to share something about love, that is not what is on my heart this early Saturday morning.
Rather, I desire to speak about snow.

It snowed last night. After being teased with that "glorious" (Karin) spring like day earlier this week we might not be welcoming this white dusting with a very thankful/cheerful heart. So, on this "love" day, let me encourage you to cultivate a heart of love for our Creator because of the snow.

May you remember how no snowflake is the same. AMAZING!

"He does great things beyond our understanding. He says to the SNOW, 'Fall on the earth.'" Job 37:5 & 6

"Have you entered the storehouses of the SNOW" Job 38:22

"Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me. Surely you desire truth in the inner parts; you teach me wisdom in the inmost place. Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be WHITER THAN SNOW." Psalm 51:5-7

"Take your evil deeds out of my sight! Stop doing wrong, learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow. 'Come now, let us reason together,' says the Lord. 'Though your sins are like scarlet ( like red on Valentine's day) they shall be WHITE AS SNOW;...If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best from the land; but if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword." Isaiah 1:16-20

As you experience your day, refuse to complain about the snow! Be thankful. May your heart rejoice in God's truth about the snow. May your spirit soar believing that because of Jesus Christ and His blood shed for us, you will be presented to God "whiter than snow."

Or, in other language of the Bible;

" He has reconciled you by Christ's physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, WITHOUT BLEMISH AND FREE FROM ACCUSATION-(ahhhhhhhhh.....I love that! WBAFFA!) if you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope held out in the gospel." Colossians 1:22-23

And;

"To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence WITHOUT FAULT and with great joy....." Jude 1:24

"....by one sacrifice he has made PERFECT FOREVER those who are being made holy." Hebrews 10:14

So maybe this snow dusting is our (well- for those of us who live in Michigan, anyway) Valentine's gift from our greatest lover. Maybe it's a gift to serve as a reminder that;

"Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends." John 15:13

He loves us. He laid down His life for us to present us as white as this snow before the Creator of the Universe. And all we have to do is believe it and receive/accept the gift.

Happy Valentines day loved one! Perfect one! Faultless one! Blameless one! "Whiter than Snow" one! Go lay down your life for someone today and show them the love our Father has shown us. Blessings from Bombadil. May your soul be watered. Kristy Joy Link