WHITER THAN SNOW

 

Thursday, January 9, 2025

 

WHITER THAN SNOW

 

Ps 51:1

51 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

 

Ps 51:7

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

 

          Psalm 51 is King David’s song of confession and repentance. The title is long: "To the chief Musician, A Psalm Of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba." He had sinned with his neighbor’s wife which resulted in her husband’s death. He alludes to the ceremonies of sacrifice and washing.

 

          I live in Texas and today is our first snowfall of the season. In this snowfall I noticed a few interesting things. Watching the snowfall calms the spirit. It appears as a direct act of heaven. It seems to be a reaction to the brownness of winter. It is designed to cover and make clean.

 

          I also noticed a forced rest and a cessation of travel. Work stops so that God can work. Quiet replaces noise and it seems that quiet has a sound of its own. David asked for mercy and God responded. There was nothing else needed.

 

Isa 1:18

18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

 

Thank you for the washing of forgiveness. AMEN