What a beautiful morning it is... My trees in the back yard have been brushed with frost and snow. The whiteness has touched almost everything in my yard. I can't help but to think of two songs I heard years ago. These songs play often in my head through Christmas; "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas" and "Whiter Than Snow." One of the stanzas says, "Whiter than snow, wash me and I will be whiter than snow." The prophet Isaiah writes, "Come now, let us reason together, though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be whiter than snow... ( Isaiah 1:18)"
The big and difficult thing for me is to choose to believe and trust that I am truly forgiven. Or as the Scriptures teach -- that I am whiter than snow. I am invited in the Isaiah text to reason with him. To discuss with him my thoughts about forgiveness and my struggles. I am invited to come. It is funny when I do come to him and listen to His "reasoning" I find myself within that truth -- of being clean -- of being whiter than snow. Then I am motivated to want to live out who I am.
I want to live in the truth that, because of Jesus, I am holy and blameless. I want to live in the truth in a theological sense. But also, I want to live in that truth pragmatically. I want to in increasing measure live out the holiness and blamelessness of Jesus Christ.
I am truly thankful, at the core of my being, that I have been washed. I am thankful for a Savior who has come to set us free. This morning I am just allowing that truth to bless me and to be brushed across the topography of my heart.
Your partner in the gospel,
Pastor Paul
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