Snow & Sin

A quick scroll through social media or eaves dropping in the checkout lane last week made me realize that most of my Jackson community either lives for snow days or lives to despise them. One of the worst realizations I had coming out of college and joining the workforce is that I no longer get a snow day. Sure enough, that snowy Thursday  morning I tugged on the closest thing I have to snow boots, added an extra coat for good measure, and joined the other three cars on the road that were unfortunate enough drive down Vann Drive.

Every conversation I’ve had, from my phone call to my mom who lives out of town to finalizing insurance quotes with my underwriters has revolved around the weather. But what if this snow is meant for deeper conversations than relaying inches and temperatures? What if this snow fell in order to teach us more about our Heavenly Father?

What can wash away my sin? Many of us have probably sung this question in a hymn since childhood. The answer (sing along in your head with me) – nothing but the blood of Jesus.

But have you ever thought about the lyric, “Oh precious is the flow, that makes me white as snow?” What Biblical basis does this verse have to referencing snow?

Isaiah 1:18 tells us, “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will be like wool.”

The crimson stain of our sin is not permanent. But no amount of bleach or time left soaking will remove the blot of sin from our souls. Only the blood that Jesus shed on our cross will purify us.

Jesus’ blood doesn’t simply dilute the color and wash us to be “clean enough.” It washes us as white as snow.

So as we looked out our windows and got blinded by the sun’s rays as it reflected off the melting snow, we can praise the Lord that He has provided a way to clean our soul.