White as Snow

We've had about 5 inches of snow and as of this evening, it's still out there! Yesterday my wife and I went out for a walk as it was such a sunny day (albeit cold!). We found a new walk through some woods very close to where we live. Much of the snow was just as it had fallen, beautifully white. We caught a glimpse of a fox. And later on as we were following (probably) his tracks, there was clearly a spot where he had decided to urinate. The snow at the spot was no longer white!

There's an interesting verse in Isaiah in the Bible. God says,

Come now, let us reason together,

though your sins are like scarlet,

they shall be as white as snow.

Once snow has been stained, you won't get it white again. That often applies to garments also, in spite of some of the claims made by products advertised on the television!

But God once again promises to do what we would find impossible. He forgives our sins so that, although sin stains our lives, he can make us "white as snow" again. That's the good news of the Christian faith in a nutshell.

I'm sure that fox never dreamt of the theological thoughts he would bring to mind when he stopped briefly in the snow to relieve himself!