Friends let us use their mountain condo for the
weekend. It’s a great place located near some ski areas in Colorado.
It was great to wake up Saturday morning and see it snowing. Colorado Springs sits at the foot of Pikes Peak, which protects the city from a lot of winter weather. It’s great if you don’t like to shovel the driveway but sucks if you want a snow day from work.
So waking up to a fresh blanket of snow in the ground (and not having to shovel any of it) was a treat. As I looked out the window the snow was coming down relentlessly, yet gently and it covered everything. It was beautiful.
Brennan Manning died recently so I've decided to plunge back into his book The Ragamuffin Gospel. It’s a great book about God’s love for us; one you have to sit with, think about and feel. I’m sure it was his influence that caused me to think about the snow as a reflection of God’s love.
God’s love is relentless. It’s active. It pursues us. It came down from heaven to teach us, love us and die for us. It is steady, consistent and never ending. His love is relentless.
God’s love is gentile. Our world is filled with darkness and evil and we can experience peace. He breathes life into suffering, heartbreak and loneliness.His love is gentile.
God’s love covers everything. If you allow yourself to stand in it, it will consume you, cover you and make you new. The ugliness of your sins is blanketed by something fresh and beautiful. His love covers everything.
And it is beautiful.
It was great to wake up Saturday morning and see it snowing. Colorado Springs sits at the foot of Pikes Peak, which protects the city from a lot of winter weather. It’s great if you don’t like to shovel the driveway but sucks if you want a snow day from work.
So waking up to a fresh blanket of snow in the ground (and not having to shovel any of it) was a treat. As I looked out the window the snow was coming down relentlessly, yet gently and it covered everything. It was beautiful.
Brennan Manning died recently so I've decided to plunge back into his book The Ragamuffin Gospel. It’s a great book about God’s love for us; one you have to sit with, think about and feel. I’m sure it was his influence that caused me to think about the snow as a reflection of God’s love.
God’s love is relentless. It’s active. It pursues us. It came down from heaven to teach us, love us and die for us. It is steady, consistent and never ending. His love is relentless.
God’s love is gentile. Our world is filled with darkness and evil and we can experience peace. He breathes life into suffering, heartbreak and loneliness.His love is gentile.
God’s love covers everything. If you allow yourself to stand in it, it will consume you, cover you and make you new. The ugliness of your sins is blanketed by something fresh and beautiful. His love covers everything.
And it is beautiful.
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