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White as snow!

March 28, 2016 By Deborah Raney

“Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow…” Isaiah 1:18

Our Easter Sunday morning yesterday brought the most incredibly beautiful snow! It made me think of this Scripture that holds the essence of Easter. Because He lives, we can face tomorrow (to borrow the words from an old Easter anthem.) I hope each of you had a blessed day celebrating the resurrection of our Lord! I’ll leave you with a few views from our windows here in Kansas.

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This is what I woke up to at 4:30 a.m.

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Later, the sun popped out and turned our yard into a winter wonderland!

 

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Deborah Raney

DEBORAH RANEY's first novel, A Vow to Cherish, inspired the World Wide Pictures film of the same title and launched Deb’s writing career. Forty books later, she's still creating stories that touch hearts and lives. Her novels have won RWA's RITA Award, the ACFW Carol Award, the National Readers Choice Award, and the HOLT Medallion. She is also a three-time Christy Award finalist. Deb is on faculty for several national writers’ conferences and served on the executive board of the 2,500-member American Christian Fiction Writers organization for 18 years before retiring in 2022. She is a recent transplant to Missouri, having moved with her husband, Ken Raney, from their native Kansas to be closer to kids and grandkids. They love road trips, e-biking, Friday garage sale dates, and breakfast on the screened porch overlooking their wooded backyard.
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  1. Lynn Austin says

    March 28, 2016 at 6:41 am

    Beautiful, Deborah! Some would complain about snow on Easter Sunday. You saw God’s beauty.

    • Deborah Raney says

      March 28, 2016 at 5:19 pm

      It helped that we hadn’t had a snow to speak of all winter! And when snow comes in March (and especially as pretty a one as ours) you know it can’t last TOO long! 🙂

  2. Diana says

    March 28, 2016 at 7:13 am

    Beautiful. You take good photos Deborah. Thank you for sharing.

    • Deborah Raney says

      March 28, 2016 at 5:20 pm

      Thank you, Diana. My trusty iPhone 6s camera does the trick! Best camera I’ve ever had, and so convenient since my phone is always with me!

  3. Rachael K says

    March 28, 2016 at 9:33 am

    That’s how it looked in Minnesota too! Our friend’s kids (with a little help) made a giant cave out of the snow at the end of their driveway and had a snow boulder rolled to the side – celebrating the empty tomb!

    • Deborah Raney says

      March 28, 2016 at 5:20 pm

      Oh, what a great idea! I would have loved to have seen that, Rachael!

  4. Shelia Hall says

    March 28, 2016 at 4:37 pm

    Thanks for sharing your beautiful pictures

    • Deborah Raney says

      March 28, 2016 at 5:21 pm

      My pleasure, Shelia! It was such a pretty snow, it would have been hard to take a bad picture!

  5. Betty Strohecker says

    March 28, 2016 at 5:49 pm

    Beautiful pictures! I especially enjoyed the snow covered flowering tree ( is it a red bud? ) and the view through the arched window (made me think of church).

    • Deborah Raney says

      March 28, 2016 at 6:16 pm

      Yes, that’s a redbud tree, Betty. The snow all melted off and the redbud is still in gorgeous bloom, apparently no worse for the wear. That little tree was a volunteer in our front flowerbed. We let it get about 6 feet tall, then transplanted it to our back yard, and it is just the prettiest little tree ever!

  6. Melissa says

    March 29, 2016 at 12:00 pm

    Such pretty pictures! =)

    I live in Wichita also – and I was pleasantly surprised to wake up to snow on Easter! The snow was so pretty!

    • Deborah Raney says

      March 30, 2016 at 2:17 pm

      Wasn’t it a lovely Easter surprise, Melissa? It didn’t last long though!

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