Last night I got home from Elder’s meeting around 10:30 and there was nothing on the ground. Got up to 4 inches and still snowing (and a meager 9 degree temperature).
Every time I experience the first snowfall, my mind runs to that oft-quoted verse (and incredible promise given through Isaiah):
“Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be white as snow”
Therefore, I’m gleeful with the snow, but eternally grateful for the purity I know in my heart through the Gospel.
…for He will save His people from their sins. (Matt. 1:21) Let’s be praising the God this week for the incredible Gospel truth that Jesus was born to save us from disobeying what God has called us to be and do.
In the Danvers Statement, it is interesting to note, when thinking about roles, how the Fall radically affected mankind. They say:
The Fall introduced distortions inot the relationships between men and women.
– In the home, the husband’s loving, humble headship tends to be replaced by domination or passivity; the wife’s intelligent, willing submission tends to be replaced by usurpation or servility.
– In the church, sin inclines men toward a worldly love of power or an abdication of spiritual responsibility, and inclines women to resist limitations on their roles or to neglect the use of their gifts in appropriate ministries.
What this reminds me of, then, is my need for a change of heart through the Gospel.
