Snow

Theres been a lot of snow lately.

Its been good and bad as all things are in this world.  Two sides, two faces, two opinions.

I was talking to my sister and saying how snow is gorgeous as it falls but once it touches the ground, its over.  I compared it to sinning and she said 'preach it!' Haha soooo I will...

While we are sinning, its calming our desires, its gorgeous, its fun, it seems worthwhile. Watching snow fall from the sky is oddly calming, its gorgeous, it's fun, etc.  The thing with snow is that after it has fallen, it mixes with the dirt,  it turns colors,  when dogs or homeless people pee on it, it turns yellow. Its especially a mess when its melting because then you get SLUSH.  Sin is the same way.  After the initial high,  you feel like scum, dirty,  you change,  it changes. Its especially messy when you are in between, you live a life in a slushy mess.

You know what's interesting, when the new snow falls,  it covers up the old snowy mess.  So when you walk on the new snow,  you never know what you are stepping on/in. Same thing with sin.  New sins can be used to cover up the old ones,  but the mess is still there.  If you just keep walking as if nothing is wrong,  you never know when you might fall or even how deep.

Here's the most interesting part,  in order for snow to stick, you need a layer on ice to form first.  With sin,  you need to essentially do the same.   You have to turn off all possible ways of talking yourself out of committing the sin.  You have to basically create a frozen foundation on which to stand.

Guess who can crack this frozen foundation?? You know it!

JESUS♥

You guys knew I was gonna say that.  The thing is you can't just let Jesus move the sin over to the side, He has to be able to dig in with the shovel and crack the ice, this will ensure that the next time it snows, there's no chance of it sticking. We will all be tempted to sin, tempted to want to watch the snow fall but that doesn't mean we have to give in.

The shoveling is hard work, it hurts but if it's done right, it's worth it.

Love God and the rest will follow.