Whiter Than Snow

Where I live now, I do not see much snow. But I love snow, and as I recall memories of its beauty, these thoughts come to mind:

He does great things that we cannot comprehend. For to the snow he says, ‘Fall on the earth.’

Job 37:5b-6

He gives snow like wool; He scatters frost like ashes.
He hurls down his crystals of ice like crumbs; who can stand before his cold?
He sends out his word, and melts them; He makes his wind blow and the waters flow.

Psalm 147:16-18

If God can say to the snow, “Fall to the earth,” and it falls, and, “Melt,” and it melts, can He not say to me, “Be cleansed of sin,” and I am cleansed?

Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Psalm 51:7

I cannot comprehend the power of God—power over sin, death, and all creation.

For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts, [declares Yahweh].

Isaiah 55:9

To see the gentle snow is to behold the mighty power of Yahweh, the living God! Falling snow is a testimony of our Creator's control over His creation. When He speaks, creation yields.

Praise Yahweh from the earth . . . fire and hail, snow and mist, stormy wind fulfilling his word!

Psalm 148:7-8

Just as snow covers the earth's blemishes, purifying and beautifying it, so the blood of Christ purifies, cleanses, and beautifies our sinful hearts.

Come now, let us reason together, says Yahweh: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.

Isaiah 1:18

prayer request: elementary school shooting, Connecticut

Please stop with me for a moment to think and pray.

I'm assuming you all heard about the horrible, nightmarish thing that happened in Connecticut yesterday afternoon.  It's hard for me to fathom that while I was blissfully unaware and going about my business yesterday, these six adults and twenty beautiful, innocent little children (under the age of ten) were being slaughtered in that school building by a shooter just a little older than I am (he was 20).  Try to empathize for a moment: imagine being one of the people who discovered that they would never see their child or loved one again?  That would crush me.

How could something like this happen?  What would possess a person to do this unspeakable thing?  A question that a lot of people are asking is  "Why would God allow this?"

For one thing, the Bible says that things like this would be characteristic of the last days on earth.  The fact is that Jesus is coming back very soon to judge.  People need to get right with God.  Please read 2 Timothy 3:1-7.

Another thing (I've said this before): America (for the most part) has forsaken God.  They have rebelled against Him.  They have thrown Him out of the school system entirely, thus making themselves (and all the children in school) readily available to the one responsible for every evil thing: Satan.  What a painful thought.

When people refuse the Lord's presence in their lives Satan will gladly take charge immediately.  That's why a person could commit a crime like this-- Satan is ruling in that person's heart.

That is also why God allows things like this to happen.  God cannot protect a nation that Satan is actively ruling.

This is very scary.  I mean, there is no promise that something like this won't happen again tomorrow!

People need Jesus!  If only they would cry out in repentance to the Lord, He would set them free from sin, and from Satan's death grip!

If we are followers of Christ, we need to be out sharing our faith and the love of Christ with these hurting and lost souls-- I mean, who knows?  If someone had taken the time to reach out in the name of Christ to that poor young man who was obviously struggling intensely inside, perhaps this whole shooting event might have been prevented.

Anyway, please stop right now and praying for the families of the shooting victims.  Pray that they would start to seek the Lord because of all this, not pull away.  Pray that they would realize their desparate need for Jesus Christ.

I wonder how many families will start thinking about the benefits of homeschooling after this?

"For since the creation of the world, His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and godhead, so that they are without excuse, because, although they knew God, they did not glorify  Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened.  Professing to be wise, they became fools... and even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do things which are not fitting."  Romans 1:20-22,28

Jesus said, "The thief [Satan] does not come except to steal, and to kill and to destroy.  I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly."