Snow

I was asked if snow appeared in the Bible. I couldn’t think of a single incident, so I decided to look it up. Here are some instances. However, I do not see where snow is a problem for the people of the Bible. Snow must have fallen in Bible times because the people seemed to understand what “White as Snow” meant. I did not see an incidence where snow was used by God like rain or hail to warn or punish people as in Noah’s time or storms used in Ezekiel.

Since we are setting records this winter and could set one for the most snow in a winter in Nebraska, I thought we should see what the Bible says about snow. One report said that we have had more snow already than we have had in the last sixty winters.

Exodus 4:6 

Again, the Lord said to Moses, “Put your hand inside your coat.” So, Moses put his hand inside his coat. When he took his hand out, his hand had a skin disease flaky like snow.

Psalm 51:7 

 Purify me with hyssop and I will be clean;
    wash me and I will be whiter than snow.

Isaiah 1:18 

Come now, and let’s settle this,
    says the Lord.
Though your sins are like scarlet,
    they will be white as snow.
If they are red as crimson,
    they will become like wool.

Matthew 28:1-3 

 After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to look at the tomb.  Look, there was a great earthquake, for an angel from the Lord came down from heaven. Coming to the stone, he rolled it away and sat on it. Now his face was like lightning and his clothes as white as snow.

Proverbs 31:21 

She doesn’t fear for her household when it snows,
    because they are all dressed in warm clothes.

Proverbs 26:1 

 Like snow in the summer or rain at harvest,
    so honor isn’t appropriate for a fool.

Prayer: Dear Father in heaven, please be with all the folks, including Pastor Melodie, who have suffered from the slick ice and snow this winter. Thank you for healing power that you have built into our bodies. Thank you that you are consistent, and we can believe the warmth of spring will come in 2019. Amen.

Sandra Hilsabeck