Skippy and I took a walk in the snow today. He is usually very excited at the word "Walk"! Yet, at the sight of his blue snow sweater, he hid under the table. I dragged him over to put on his sweater and then pulled him out the door. He basically took a quick poddy break and headed back toward the door. So I pulled him over to the side of the house and started walking through the foot or so of snow. I was surprised that he passed me and ran up ahead as you can see in the first picture. He sniffed around for squirrels, foxes and rabbits which live in our yard. I tried to wack some of the snow off of the poor bent trees. Unfortunately, Skippy was in the wrong place and got covered in snow. He shook it off and pulled me back into the warm house.
I love it when everything is so white and covered with a layer of snow. It is so pretty right now because it is still coming down. I also love a sunny and warm day. God created such amazing contrasts in the seasons, day and night, opposite personalities. One helps us understand the other. If we didn't have winter, would we be able to truely appreciate summer?
This snow reminds me of the verse: Psalm 51:7b Wash me and I will be whiter than snow. I can't imagine anything whiter than snow. Possibilites, an egg, a lily, my dog skip (his left side), milk.... I can't seem to come up with anything! Anyway, I suppose that David was referring to God forgiving him for the mistake that he made. I'm thankful for God's forgiveness. Another contrast is God's forgiveness or spiritual darkness. If we don't want or accept His forgiveness, I guess we are in darkness in contrast to the beautiful freedom of grace. Grace, I guess that's whiter than white!
