I woke up early this morning, pulled the curtains back, looked out at the snow on the ground and whispered, “Ahhhhhwwwwwwww, crap!”
It isn’t that I wasn’t glad to see the snow (’cause I am admittedly the biggest kid in the family when it comes to snow). I was. I was just expecting to see A WHOLE LOT MORE OF IT!!
I have all of the professional weather guessers – both local and national – to thank for it, because they filled my mind with deep shades of blues and purples that were attached to numbers like 6, 8 and on some maps, 10+ inches of pure fluffy fort-building bliss.
It was enough to send me to places of expectation even though I know better, and when I woke up this morning, I had a hard time being happy with the three inches of snow because I was too busy being Charlie Brown to their forecast-pulling Lucy.
[Tweet “It’s just so hard to not be disappointed when #SNOWmageddon turns into #OhSNOWyoudidnt.”]It’s just so hard to not be disappointed when SNOWmageddon turns into OhSNOWyoudidnt, but I also need to thank them for reminding me yet again that the mercy and grace God gives us never disappoints.
[Tweet “Like snow, the grace of God covers us. Unlike snow, the amount of God’s grace never disappoints.”]“Come now, let us settle the matter,” says the LORD. “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)
Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. (Lamentations 3:22-23)
Like snow, the grace of God covers us. Unlike snow, the amount of God’s grace never disappoints. God never gets the forecast wrong. He never over promises and then under delivers. No matter how much junk is in our lives, he never has to update his projection models. As the real Paul found out when he couldn’t get away from his own weaknesses, God’s grace is sufficient. The promise of 2 Corinthians 12:9 is simple: no matter how ugly the yard, there will always be enough snow to cover it, and when you walk through the snow and muddy it up, the promise from Lamentations reassures us that there will be more than enough snow to cover that, too.
[Tweet “God is able to send down grace in such quantities that we never have to feel let down.”]Please let that last sentence sink in, because there is so much hope in it, and none of it is about you. It’s all about a Father who sent a Son to cover our filth with more than enough, because we have a Father who is able to send down mercy and grace in such quantities that we never have to feel the sting of the let down that I did when I peeked out the window this morning.
Meteorologists project; Jesus promises.
Meteorologists forecast; Jesus finishes.
That’s why Jesus will always be a better meteorologist, because when it comes to the grace that we can expect EVERY MORNING, Jesus isn’t guessing.
