It's Covered

    Photo ©Mark Faulkner 2010

God's timing is always amazing, and almost always, just as unexpected.

A couple of days ago I cleaned out all the rain gutters on our house. Years of gunk and nasty muck had stagnated and built up in them and hindered the rain water from flowing freely out.

If that's not a startlingly clear analogy of the human heart—especially mine—I don't know what is.

The day I cleaned out the gutters, I was in a hurry, and didn't pick up the muck and junk I had cleaned out. It was all over the lawn and was pretty disgusting to look at.

But just a few days later, a fresh snowfall completely covered over my nasty muck and all memory of the disgusting mess that I had made faded from view.

A dear friend of mine used to sing this song when he was the worship pastor at our church and the words have been resounding in my heart all morning:

White as snow, white as snow
Though my sins were as scarlet
Lord, I know, Lord, I know
That I'm clean and forgiven

Through the power of Your blood
Through the wonder of Your love
Through faith in You
I know that I can be
White as snow

A fresh white snowfall covered over all the gunk and disgusting muck that had clogged up my rain gutters, and in the same way, God's love and forgiveness through the blood of Jesus Christ completely covers the disgusting muck and shame of my heart and rebellious life, and my sin He will remember no more.

The Apostle Peter who (like me) had made many serious blunders and mistakes, but he was completely forgiven when he surrendered his heart to Christ wrote:

"But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers. And above all things have fervent love for one another, for “love will cover a multitude of sins."

I had made such a mess of my life, and could never undo all the bad things that I had done and thought against God. But I am thankful today for the sweet reminder that in Jesus Christ—all my sin, my shame and my failures—God promised that He will remember them no more.

It's covered.


—God is Love and Love Never Fails.