As I look out of my bedroom window into my backyard I hear the tinkling of sleet falling softly and inconspicuously against the windows. It was another snow day in Texas and what a delight it was. To have to stay home because of the weather is not a luxury we are afforded on a regular basis in Texas.

This evening as I was walking through my house I noticed my backyard was letting light slip in through my drawn curtains. I always try to remember to turn my back porch light off. I don’t want to disturb my neighbors with unnecessary light streaming in through their windows during night time.

I checked my back porch and the light was off. What in the world was happening? I looked at the sky to see if the moonlight was especially bright and could not see the moon because the sky was covered in clouds.

I think it was just the brightness of the snow reflecting what little light was streaming through the clouds. It was a wondrous sight.

I started thinking about how it says in the Bible that our sins are washed white as snow when we accept the redemptive powers of Jesus. If our sins are washed as white as snow then shouldn’t we be able to reflect the light of God’s love as much or more than the snow in my backyard was reflecting the filtered moonlight?