cover

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come let us reason
though your sins are as scarlet
they'll be white as snow


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Whenever I see a snowfall like today's, I understand this reference from Isaiah 1:18 very well. Fresh snow covers many things, and not just lights and garland. It covers dead leaves, discarded ashes, animal droppings, brown slush, yellow snow - impurities that insult the eye. There are two kinds of beauty in a snowfall - what it displays... and what it hides. :)

Forgiveness of sins is like that - it both enhances and covers. Christmas reminds us of that dual gift of beauty: what God's Incarnate Grace showed forth... and what It covered over.

Merry Christmas!