DIRTY SNOW

Is it snowing where you live?  It's not snowing yet where I am, but it snowed last night and it's suppose to snow again tonight and tomorrow.
Maybe you enjoy the snow.  Maybe you like to go out and build a snowman or have a snowball fight with friends.  Maybe you sled down a hill or make some
extra money by helping to shovel your neighbor's sidewalk.  Maybe you even get a day off of school because of the snow.

It's been many years since I played in the snow or stayed home from school because of it, but I still enjoy the snow.  It looks so pretty when it falls
from the sky - especially at night.   I don't know if you've ever noticed it or not, but when there's snow on the ground everything seems quieter and more peaceful too.  And, the night doesn't seem as dark when it's snowing.  The one thing I always notice about the snow is how white and clean it makes everything.  Whether you live in the country and see the snow-covered fields and trees or you live in town and see snow-covered streets and houses, after a storm the world around you is beautiful and white.

 

But how quickly we dirty it up!  The snowplows come by and the roads because a sloppy mess of brown.  We lift up shovelfuls of snow and expose the dirt beneath.  Animals and birds and people walk around on the snow and leave dirty footprints.  Then the snow is no longer pretty.  It's not clean and white anymore.  It's dirty snow.

 

Our lives become pretty dirty too.  How?  From sin.  When we do things that God says are not right, that is sin.  You and I do all kinds of sinful things like lying, disobeying, cheating, and saying bad words.  When we do those wrong things, our hearts become "dirty" with sin. 

 

God's Word says we can be made clean and white like the snow.  Psalm 51:7 says ". . . I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow."  How can we be made that clean?  Only through Jesus!  First John 1:7 says, ". . . and the blood of Jesus Christ God's Son makes us clean from all sin." 

 

Jesus gave His precious blood to pay for your sins and mine when He died on the cross.  After He died, Jesus was buried in a tomb, but He came back to life and still lives in Heaven today.  He can make you clean from your sin when you admit your sin, believe what Jesus did for you, and ask Him to live in your heart and be your Savior. 

 

Maybe you've already done that . . . you've already received Jesus as your Savior.  Your life can still become pretty dirty at times because of sin.  What can you do about it?  First John 1:9 tells us what to do when that happens, "If we admit our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to make us clean from all unrighteousness (sin)." 

 

Isn't it great to know that no matter how dirty you are, God can make you whiter than snow.

 

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