DECEMBER 22 WASHED WHITE AS SNOW By Drew Burtis New York Dean of Students, Word of Life Bible Institute
Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. (Isaiah 1:18b)
If I asked what your least favorite thing about snow is, you would probably have answers right away – shoveling snow, driving in it, or having it turn to ice and rip the gutters off the front of your house (a true story for me). However, if I asked what your favorite thing about snow is, your answer would likely come just as quickly. It’s beautiful, majestic, and pure. Think of how it glistens in the sun after a fresh coat falls through the night, and how stunning the pine trees look wearing their coat of white. Think of the majestic snowcapped mountain juxtaposed against the cool blue sky, and how peacefully the steady, slow flakes fall as the night sets in. Another thing to love about snow is that it comes with this reminder: Just as we are stained with sin, we can be washed white as snow. The prophet Isaiah said this about the Lord’s power to save a life. During my freshman year at Word of Life Bible Institute, the reality of my sin met the magnitude of His grace and mercy. I had been a church kid all my life and had even believed in Jesus at a young age, but I didn’t fully understand what Jesus was offering me. Jesus didn’t come to make bad people good or good people better. He came to make dead people alive. He came to wash people stained with sin as white as snow. This is the transformation in my own life because of the Lord’s power. When you look at the snow this Christmas season, remember the life change you can have in Jesus. You are stained with sin, but because of Jesus’s birth, life, death, and resurrection, you can be washed white as snow. My life has been changed – and yours can, too.
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