He Washed It White as Snow

New Year's Eve! Well, day now. I left my house at 7:30 and it was a pleasant 30 something degrees. Now, at nearly 4 am, there is almost 6 inches of snow! This snow is completely different than the last snow, which was very light and fluffy. This snow is wet and sticky and very packable, as the Michiganders tell me. So after the countdown and toast, we went outside (in our New Year's finest) to make 2 huge snowmen! Over 6 feet tall, each! Turns out that the idea of pushing snow around to make a snowball is not just something of fictional movies and illustrated books - it actually works!! You just start with a little ball and start rolling and minutes later it's so big it takes 4 people to lift it! Crazy. And if you can make a snowman, it only follows that you can make some pretty big snowballs. So after the snowman mission was accomplished, the snowball fight began!
Soaking wet, we headed back inside and then I had to drive here in all that snow! But turns out - it's not as scary as I thought. And the 4-wheel drive makes a huge difference.
While I was driving, I got to see Ann Arbor pure and clean and covered in a huge, unblemished blanket. Wow. Now I have to believe God had some analogies in mind when He thought up snow. Snow = Grace! Everything is messy and kind of winter brown/dirt grey and then the snow falls and everything is covered. No matter what's underneath, all you see is the pure whiteness of the snow. Not long enough after it falls, it starts getting grey and messy again. But then again, the snow falls and everything is fresh and clean again! and this happens again and again until finally - Spring! Green, fresh and beautiful in a new way!
No matter what we are messy with, God offers to cover it with His grace - making us pure and clean! And He does it again and again until finally His work is finished and we can have the ultimate, unending cleanliness.
Jesus paid it all - all to Him I owe.
My sin had left a crimson stain, He washed it white as snow.