Snow, Trash Piles and Grace

As I watched the snow blanket the ground this morning, I was amazed at how the bare spots on the ground, piles of debris, trash piles and leaves were transformed into beautiful objects of sculpture. My first thoughts were of how God’s grace covers our sins and where there may be imperfections and flaws, His holiness has a way of turning even our worst failures into works of art. But there is an even greater event at work in God’s grace. Where snow only covers up the barren ground and hides the mess underneath, the mess still remains. The beautiful thing about God’s grace and forgiveness is that He doesn’t just cover up our sin, He takes it away. In fact, the bible says He removes it from us as far as the East is from the West. Our sin is buried in the sea of forgetfulness never to be remembered against us again… God dumps it in the ocean and hangs up a sign that says “No Fishing”. When the snow outside melts, the debris will remain. But when the spiritual snow of life melts, nothing but righteousness, holiness, and the grace of God remain… aren’t you glad? I sure am!

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