Photo and Commentary ©2026 by Maylan Schurch
Sunday, March 15, 2026
Late this past week – as anyone knows who lives in the Seattle area – we received an unexpected snow event, which gently but remorselessly dumped at least six inches of the sloppy white stuff on many neighborhoods. Fortunately, the temperature stayed above freezing, so we didn’t have to contend with icy roads afterward. And almost immediately the snow started melting.
But the real melting didn’t happen until the sun appeared. I saw it in action on this garage roof Sabbath afternoon. If this photo had audio, you’d hear the steady water-drip off the collapsing ridge of ice over the gutter and onto the driveway.
And as you see, the sun isn’t only melting – it’s empowering. Above the ice ridge, the solar panels are capturing the rays and turning them into a steady trickle of electricity.
In a powerful and poetic Bible verse, Jesus is portrayed as the sun, nourishing and healing.
But to you who fear My name
The Sun of Righteousness shall arise
With healing in His wings;
And you shall go out
And grow fat like stall-fed calves. (Malachi 4:2 NKJV)
To review some of Jesus’ bio, go to the link just below: