Life is a Garden Party: Gone

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Gone

What happened? It's gone! Where did it go?
It looks strange to see it gone, you know.

For weeks the ground was covered
with something lacking color
as white is not a color,
but rather an absence of color.

For weeks it looked like frosting,
sometimes fluffy, sometimes icing.
Now it looks like mud pies
that arrived on the sly.

For weeks it gave one shivers
when one wore scarfs and mittens
so they wouldn't catch the sniffles -
or worse, with flu stricken.

For weeks it piled higher.
For weeks we fought the mire
as snowbanks piled higher
and one quickly tired.

For weeks we longed for sunny days.
For weeks we stayed inside for days.
For weeks we suffered from the cold.
For weeks we complained, if told.

Not it's gone.
Forgotten.
Somewhat missed?
Winter's kiss.

After a few days of sun,
we're glad it's now gone.
But...we still complain
about the mud that came.

* * * * *

Did you know your sins can be gone?
No longer under the weight of wrongs.
No more guilt, no more condemnation, no more disgrace
because you're now covered by God's wonderful gift of grace.

God's gift of grace, not deserved,
but so willing served
on the cross that Good Friday
when Jesus washed our sins away.

Jesus took our place,
a substitute, that's grace.
He bore our guilt, our condemnation, our disgrace,
because His love for you and I is so great!

If you simply believe it's true
then your sins are gone. Yes, it's true.
As white as wool,
whiter than snow.

Though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow;
though they are red as crimson,
they shall be like wool.
Isaiah 1:18

Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
Psalm 51:7

Greater love has no one than this,
that he lay down his life for his friends,
John 15:13