The Beauty of White

     I'm sitting here in the warmth of my living room, looking out at, probably, the last beautiful snowfall of the year, and it got me to thinking. Snow is one of God's greatest wonders. It brings both beauty and moisture to a desolate season. I believe that before the Fall, there was no Winter. A couple of reasons for this is that first of all, plants grew all year round. There was never an "off-season" because there didn't need to be. Second, neither Adam, nor Eve ever wore any cloths until after the Fall, (now they didn't put on cloths to keep warm, but still). Also, people tend to be more depressed, and more bad things seem to happen in the colder months. Nothing grows, and in the older times, people would freeze to death more often, they would starve, and now, there are car accidents all of the time because of the ice on the road. Then enters snow.

     Snow, like I said, gives us moisture during a time when, without it, there wouldn't be much of a jump start into spring. But it also brings a bit of warmth to it. Anyone who has been buried under the fluffy white stuff as a child will understand what I'm talking about. Snow if cold, but it allows us to keep insulated.

      Then there is the simple beauty of snow. Why do people always want to have the same snow that is falling on my backyard for Christmas? Because the symbolism fits so well. Jesus Christ came from heaven to earth to save us from sin and to bring us near him to have a better life because he loves us. Snow falls from the sky to earth to help keep the ground fertile and watered, and it keeps the ground warmer by insulating it from the excruciating cold of the outside world. The expression "white as snow" doesn't just apply to the color of ourselves. It applies to everything that Jesus has done for us, and the fact that God's gift of this tiny crystal of frozen water can represent so much to those who love Him.