Welcome, winter wonderland!

Our first big snow fall of the year!  It is so pretty!  As I stare out my office window, I wonder to myself, what makes it so mesmerizing and beautiful?  After spending the last couple months surrounded by the dead of winter without snow, it seems this snowfall is all the more welcome, especially when compared to years past.  It is refreshing to look outside and, instead of seeing bare trees and dead grass, see this pure white, glistening blanket of snow.  It reminds me of what Jesus does for us in our death.  In Revelation, chapter 7 talks about all creation worshiping God at the end times.  "A great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, robed in white." (verse 9)  It goes on to say in regard to those robed in white, "These are they who have come out of the great ordeal; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb." (verse 14)
So whether you appreciate or bemoan the freshly fallen snow, use this opportunity to rejoice in the promise of our Lord.  That in our death, we are brought to new life, through Him, washed and made clean in His blood.