Isaiah 1:18 "Come now, and let us reason together,"
says the LORD, "though your sins are like scarlet they shall be as white
as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool."
Winters in Indiana seem to always include
snow. That is one of the many good things about being a Hoosier, but some
winters have so much snow that I finally get tired of it. I tend to want
to blame the weathermen with every nasty forecast they deliver. God's
timing is always perfect, whether it seems so or not, but this morning was
exceptional. In my devotions I was directed to Isaiah chapter one.
As I was reading the above Scripture my
husband popped his head into my reading room and announced another major storm
on its way. What a paradigm shift! No longer did snow bring to mind
horrible images and freezing temperatures..... instead I got warm and toasty
inside. (I think I borrowed that from the Grinch.) Nevertheless, my
mind immediately went to the amazing love and grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Whenever I reason with the Lord, as He
mentions in the above Scripture, I think of all the times I have done laundry
and tried to get blood or a red stain out of some article of clothing with very
little success, and it reminds me how thoroughly God can cleanse us, and with
His blood no less. His ways are not our ways. Just another paradox
found in God's economy. Amazing love and amazing blood!
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