White As Snow

Four Days.
We have been iced in/snowed in for four days, which is unheard of in Texas. Three of the days, the havoc was caused by ice. The temperature stayed in the teens, and therefore the ice never left. I drove in it on Wednesday, and my whole body was entirely tense by the time I got home. It was stressful. So, I decided not to venture out again. Today it snowed. Six inches. Snow on top of ice. One more day off of work.
Staying inside has been driving me crazy! I finished homework. Watched the entire third season of How I Met Your Mother. Read. Spent time with Jesus. Facebooked. Skyped. I have been missing that human interaction with friends. But, when God brought the snow this morning He brought a great realization to my heart. He washes us white as snow.
Think about it. The snow is SO white. SO pure. The deeper it gets, the less you see what's underneath. You look outside and everything is so bright that you must put on sunglasses. The white reflects the sun SO intensely.
Jesus came to do that for us! No matter what we've been through. No matter what pain the ice might bring, when the snow comes it takes over the ice. Through the ice you might feel lonely, or depressed, or dirty, or just find it a difficult time of life. But, when Jesus comes and covers everything with snow, you can't see that ice anymore. The snow makes everything pure. The deeper you dig into God's love, the less of what's underneath you can see. He desires to cover it all up with His love. He desires for you to shine Him brightly in everything you do.
I'm thankful to God today for making me white as snow.

"Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow." Psalm 51:7

"Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow." Isaiah 1:18