Whiter than Snow

My children and I were so excited to look out this morning and see snow on the ground, and more falling!We live in Texas and snow is a very rare occurrence,of course everyone wanted to get dressed right away and get out in the beautiful whiteness.

It is afternoon now and I looked out my kitchen window to see that it is snowing even harder and huge wonderful flakes.When I looked out I saw that my yard is covered in thick,beautiful,whiteness and the song,"Whiter than Snow"came to my mind.How wonderful that Jesus can take all my wicked sins and turn them even whiter than the beautiful snow.He will do that for anyone who calls on Him :Romans 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Whiter than Snow

"Lord Jesus, I long to be perfectly whole;

I want Thee forever to live in my soul.

Break down every idol,cast out every foe.

Now wash me and I shall be whiter than snow.

Whiter than snow,Yes,whiter than snow,

Now wash me and I shall be whiter than snow.

Lord Jesus ,look down from Thy throne in the skies

And help me to make a complete sacrifice.

I give up myself and whatever I know,

Now wash me and I shall be whiter than snow.

Lord Jesus,before You I patiently wait;

Come now and within me a new heart create.

To those who have sought Thee,

Thou never saidst,"No."

Now wash me and I shall be whiter than snow."

This beautiful song was written by ,James Nicholson, and first published in ,1872.It is based on Psalm 51:7

Purge me with hyssop,and I shall be clean:wash me,and I shall be whiter than snow.

The Resurrection

The Crucifixion
Why did the sun his beams conceal

As if unwilling to reveal

That deed of mankind on the day

When Jesus, at the altar, lay

A willing sacrifice.

Earth, too, in terror shook, when

He The Mighty, died on Calvary;

When for our sins He bowed His head,

Gave up the ghost, and quickly sped

To regions of the dead.

And some who had for ages long

Been wrapped in slumber deep and strong,

Awoke, and by their converse showed

That death no more dominion had

In that He died.

Why did He die?

Ah! blissful thought,

When we near death and hell were brought,

He left His father's courts above--

O, list to such amazing love--

And died to save.

Why did He die?

'Twas love divine

That caused Him all things to resign--

A heavenly choir, celestial home,

Exalted seat, seraphic song,

And all to save.

Blest thought! He reigns victorious now,

To whom all earth will shortly bow,

Let men below and saints above

Wonder at such stupendous love,

As caused their God to die.

In all the world;

There is no place

As dear to me

As in an empty tomb within Gethsemane.

Men singing the praises

Of the cross,

And rightly so,

Yet it is to the empty tombI love to go

It's there with Paul I daily die

When sore oppressed,

It's there, where men are loathe to go

I sweetly rest.

It's there, when heart ache'sangry waves envelop me,

In Faith,

I lift my mournful face

My Lord to see.

There is no place so fraught with power

Our souls to save,

As is our Lord's last resting place,

His empty grave.

In darkest hours of grief,

beside a new made mound,

I go again, the depths of God's

Great love to sound.

And while I view the grave and clothes,

The echoes ring:

"O, Grave, where is they victory"

O, Death, thy sting?"

As, one by one, the loved ones cross

the threshold's gloom,

I fain believe, embrace, receive,

The Empty Tomb.

by Mary D. Sammons from

"Streams in the Desert 2"

Easter Sunday message

Alistair Begg is one of my favorite preachers,I listen to him all the time,his website is my homepage.Here is :An Easter Sunday message by Alistair Begg

The Death of Christ

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