Whiter Than Snow

Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me and I will be whiter than snow. Psalms 51:7

Watching snowflakes softly fall from the sky is one of my favorite things about winter. The quiet glistening snow coating streets, roads, homes and trees makes everything look clean and bright. It is refreshing to watch and see God's hand of winter make everything white around me.

But the white untouched snow does not last long once animals, people, cars and trucks begin walking or driving on it. A day or two later most of the snow is very dirty and unattractive. What was once pure white snow is now slushy and unclean.

Jesus, God's son, was sent to this earth as a sacrifice to die on the cross for our sins. If I allow minutes, hours, days or weeks to go by without confessing my sin I am dirty, dingy and unclean again. But if I take the time to confess my sin, at the time that the Holy Spirit points it out to me, God's hand of forgiveness cleanses me and makes me as white as snow.

Heavenly Father, thank you for sending your son Jesus to this earth to die for my sins. Help me to keep short accounts of my sin so that I am continuously whiter than snow.

Marty Girardier