Praying with a Painting: A Winter’s Walk

I invite you to spend some time praying with my dad’s painting, which he entitled, “Winter’s Day.” Yes, he lives in Minnesota where they enjoy scenes just like this. I miss the sunshine gleaming on the snow, the sound of the crunch under your boots, the brightness of everything covered in white.

Mind you, I noticed some buds on the trees today on my sunny walk and noticed some daffodils shooting up, and that made me glad…

Back to the painting. You could ponder a verse from Psalm 51, the song David cries out to God in repentance:

Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
    wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. (Psalm 51:7, NIV)

Spend some time asking God to reveal any sins that you could be freed from through confessing them to God. Receive his forgiveness and revel in being made whiter than snow.

[Image: By Leo Boucher. Used with permission; all rights reserved. A group of evergreen trees in wintertime, with snow on the ground and the sun creating evocative reflections.]