This afternoon the snow began to fall—a real snowstorm. Down came the little flakes, faster and fast-er, making a heavy white blanket on the ground.
We sat at the window and watched the snow piling higher and higher on the ground, and several lessons came before our minds, but one especially seemed to impress itself.
If there is snow on the ground where you live, watch the next sunshiny day and see what happens to the snow where the sun shines directly on it. The snow will soon be melted and the warm rays of the sun can reach the cold ground. But what about the shady places where the sunshine cannot reach? The snow is just as cold as ever.
Perhaps in your life, young as you may be, a coldness has come in between your soul and God. Perhaps you are not getting on your knees, or lifting your heart to God as often as you did at one time. Whatever it may be, it has come gradually, has it not, till there is a blanket of coldness, because of which we have forgotten the warmth of God’s love to us?
And how can we get rid of this which has fallen so lightly that we did not realize its seriousness?
It is by doing this that the coldness will soon vanish away, and we can again enjoy the full radiance of God’s love.
“But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.” Jude 20,2120But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, 21Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. (Jude 20‑21).
ML 12/17/1944