Snow Big Deal ...

Snow Big Deal

Yes, that's a bad pun, but bear with me.  This past Friday and Saturday a large storm passed through New England.  Here in the Upper Valley we received, depending on one's location, between 8" and 13" of snow.  It was a bit of a hit psychologically.  After all, it was spring!  Snow was simply not appropriate.  But there it was.  A lot of it.  And memories of Christmas, and dreams of skiiing and sledding abounded.  But then Sunday came along and the melt began.  It continues today.  There's still more snow on the ground today than there was before the storm blew through.  But soon there will be less.  And then there will be none.  What we spent so much time talking about and preparing for will be just a memory.

Sin can be like this, too, if we have the right attitude.  We can make a big deal out of our sins (and we should).  But we need not be paralyzed by the wrongs we have done.  We should not let them define us.  Instead, we can repent.  We can reconcile.  We can reset.  When we do these things our sins will begin to recede and we will be restored through God's grace to full participation in the community.  This doesn't mean the memory of the wrongs we have committed will be gone; what it does mean is that they will not control us.

The storm is in the past.  So, too, can be our sin.  But only if we act accordingly.

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