White as snow - Jon Foreman

Have mercy on me, oh God
According to Your unfailing love
According to Your great compassion
Blot out my transgressions

Would you create in me a clean heart, oh God?
Restore in me the joy of your salvation

The sacrifices of our God
Are broken in a contrite heart
Against You and You alone have I sinned

Would you create in me a clean heart, oh God?
Restore in me the joy of your salvation

Wash me white as snow and I will be made whole
Wash me white as snow and I will be made whole
Wash me white as snow and I will be made whole

Reflection: I had a terrible night; it was one of those insistences where everything just went to %$#* and I got home discouraged and mildly depressed. I woke up this morning anew however, knowing that God grants us mornings to refresh ourselves and begin again....and how beautiful it is up on the mountain! The frost has permeated nearly everything in sight - I am reminded of His presence as my toes shiver in the briskly cold. I was listening to the above song as I walked into the warmth of the school's halls, and I was suddenly struck with a thought. Jon Foreman writes:

The sacrifices of our God
Are broken in a contrite heart
Against You and You alone have I sinned

I know that passage well, as most Christians do - the one where Jesus says that whenever we forsake to take care of the weakest and poorest of our society, we have forsaken to take care of Him. What struck me as I heard the lyrics though, is that the passage applies to everyone else also. whether it is angering our friend, ignoring a family member, being rude to someone on the bus....those are all sins that we have committed against God and God alone. I don't know if you're having a "DUH!" moment here, reading my thoughts, but it really hit me hard. Maybe it's because it's easier to think, when we commit sins of commission/omission, that we have simply hurt another person. It's a whole other level of accountability when we think that what we've done hurts God...
When I call someone a name, I have done so to Jesus...when I have not kept in touch with my friend, I have ignored the call of God to love...and the list goes on.

Time to head to class - toodleloo.