“Come now, let us settle the matter,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.” - Isaiah 1:18
It continues to snow in West Michigan. We woke up this morning to see the ground clothed in a bright new garment of white. It is nice to see the landscape shimmering with a new coat of fresh white snow. The new snow covers up all the ugliness of the melted, dirty snow and sand and makes everything look beautiful again. Just think what those in Florida are missing. J
Through the prophet Isaiah, God promises that the blood of Jesus Christ will turn the ugliness of our sin into the beauty of bright new fallen snow. This is good news, but what makes this news even better is that the blood of Christ does not just cover our sins, like a new coat of snow covers the dirt, but our sins are forever removed from us as far as the east is from the west. When Jesus died on the cross the matter was settled. Therefore no longer look at yourself or define yourself by the sins of your past, instead see yourself as God sees you, like a beautiful landscape of freshly fallen snow!
Prayer: Thank you God for sending your son Jesus do die on the cross and shed his blood for the forgiveness of my sins. Help me to see myself with the beauty that you see in me, and give me the strength to not clothe myself in sin. Amen.
Faith Tip: If you have the courage to brave the cold, go outside and enjoy the beauty of God’s creation and think about how God sees the beauty in you. If you don’t feel like braving the cold then do the same thing by looking at God’s beautiful creation through a window.
Written by Pastor Aaron Anderson
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