There is a serene quietness to snow. Even the sound of steps in the fresh powder is soothing. The winter wonder land truly is work of our Prince of Peace to quiet the chaos of our world. I understand blizzards and black ice are not calm, but just as the Sea can be serene or turn into a tempest, so does the sheets of ice that fall from the heavens. When the snowflakes descend in the open plain between evergreen trees, you can almost sense heaven coming to Earth.
Nowadays so many of us are plugged into devices and even when we walk or ski or board in the white wonderland, we can be distracted, missing the beauty, and calming effect of a White Christmas. Which is a shame, because the rate people suffer from anxiety, depression, and other mental illness, calm is just what the doctor ordered.
Snow is a great symbol. It blankets everything in white, as if a reminder that we are washed white, “Come now, let’s settle this,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, I will make them as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, I will make them as white as wool.” (Isaiah 1:18). Our Lord Jesus makes us white as snow, no longer bearers of scarlet and sin! What a beautiful connection of imagery, that when we look at snow we can remember we are are pure and white before God because of what His Son has done for us! Amen.
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