The Sun

Sunday in Enid we had hopefully our last blast of winter and woke up to snow on the ground.  It wasn't much measuring maybe an inch but it was nice to look at.  On the way to church the sun broke through the clouds in a glorious display! It sprinkled light over the earth and showered it's rays over the snow.

We left church a few hours later to find that the sun had brought forth enough warmth that most of the snow was gone leaving an ugly picture behind.  It had melted the snow showing the brown grass, mud and a few straggling green plants.

It reminded me of the Son.  The One who's light exposes my ugliness left behind after my exterior is stripped away.  His light melts through my outward appearance and uncovers the truth.  It shows the nasty sin that lives inside.

The good news is that the Son's light covers me and will shield me.  He saved me!!  He looked beyond my selfish desire and covered me with His blood. His light now shines in me!

What about you?  Are you covered?

Ephesians 2:4-6

New International Version (NIV)

⁴ But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, ⁵ made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. ⁶ And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,

1. Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing pow’r?
   Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
   Are you fully trusting in His grace this hour?
   Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
   • Refrain:
     Are you washed in the blood,
     In the soul-cleansing blood of the Lamb?
     Are your garments spotless? Are they white as snow?
     Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
2. Are you walking daily by the Savior’s side?
   Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
   Do you rest each moment in the Crucified?
   Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
3. When the Bridegroom cometh will your robes be white?
   Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
   Will your soul be ready for the mansions bright,
   And be washed in the blood of the Lamb?
4. Lay aside the garments that are stained with sin,
   And be washed in the blood of the Lamb;
   There’s a fountain flowing for the soul unclean,
   Oh, be washed in the blood of the Lamb!

Elisha A. Hoffman, pub.1878