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Sabbath, April 27, 2024
This past Sunday on a post-breakfast walk I spotted this startling sight. I’m afraid that when it comes to my own car, I allow the automatic car wash connected with a Shell station to do the hard work for me, while I sit inside with the windows closed and the outside mirrors folded in, listening to classical music.
And though I know that the Shell machinery industriously coats my car with a soapy foam which is either blue or pink, before whipping it with the brushes and then rinsing it off, I had never before seen an ordinary citizen, in his driveway, applying such a complete top-to-bottom coating to his own vehicle. And he seems to have used a pressure washer or something to do the job.
Well, good for him. The guy loves his jeep, if that’s what it is, and wants it spiffed up. (That white blotch back by the tailgate is where I blotted out his face for privacy’s sake.) Some owners of such tough outdoor vehicles sometimes take pride in the mud-spattered look, but this guy doesn’t go there.
My blog title is “Whiter Than Snow,” as you may have noticed. That’s because this vehicle’s coating reminded me of God’s promise which He relayed through the prophet Isaiah:
“Come now, and let us reason together,” says the LORD, “Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool. Isaiah 1:18 NKJV
Good news, right? God cares for us, and like the man in the photo, He wants us clean.
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