It was wintertime and the ground was covered with freshly fallen snow. A little girl was crossing a field of snow and in the quiet stillness she began to think. She looked around on the lovely pure white snow. Then she looked inside herself and thought of her own little sinful heart. She knew it was black with sin. At last she looked up into the sky and thought of the Lord Jesus who came to earth and died for her sins on the cross of Calvary.
As she thought of these things a little verse came to her mind which she had learned from the Psalms. It was the prayer of King David when he learned how sinful he was in the sight of God. She prayed the same prayer that he did so long before, “Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.” Psalm 51:77Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. (Psalm 51:7).
Did the Lord Jesus up in heaven hear her simple prayer? Indeed He did. Right there in the middle of the field He heard her cry and washed her white and clean in His most precious blood. He is ever ready to hear those who cry to Him, and if you have never turned to Him in all your need, why not do so today? Although God hates sin, yet He loves the sinner and in wondrous love He sent His own Son to bear our sins in His own body on the tree. Now as a risen living Saviour He offers a full and free pardon to all who call upon Him in truth.
ML 12/23/1956