Dear L&F,
I miss seeing you! I hope that you are having fun in this lovely snow. The snow is perfect packing snow – not too powdery and not too slushy. Have you attempted to make snowmen yet?
Sadly, I am sick with pneumonia. That means that there is mucous in my lungs. It’s sort of like drowning from within. So, I haven’t been able to go out with my children in the snow yet this year.
BUT — I did look out this morning from my bedroom window and saw the sun glistening over our snow covered yard. It reminded me of Isaiah 1:18:
“Come now, and let us reason together,” says the Lord. Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; Though they are like crimson, the will be like wool.
I don’t know if you have ever had the experience of retrieving the laundry from the wash, only to find that a red sock found its way into the white-wash and all of the laundry has turned pink as a result. There is nothing that can be done, either, to effectively get the red out. The clothes are permanently pink.
The Bible compares sin to this. Even in Bible times, red dye was especially staining and permanent. Just one “little” sin – just like one little red baby sock – eternally stains our soul. It is ruined like the stained laundry. But, God forgives us and cleanses us so that all traces of sin are washed away, white as snow.
As you look at the snow, take a moment to thank Jesus for shedding His blood for you so that our souls can be cleansed. What a beautiful reminder we have, right at Christmastime, as we think of Jesus’ birth, to also have snow on the ground to remind us that our sins are forgiven.
I love you both very much and I’m thankful to have you and your whole family as friends.
Much love,
Mrs. Albrecht