Isaiah 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, said the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow… One night in June, a few years ago, Sister Margaret was going home from her work in the streets, sad at heart because of the sin and misery about her, and somewhat disappointed at what seemed a night of fruitless toil. She had taken with her a bunch of flowers, and now they were all withered except two roses that had kept their freshness — the one a deep red, the other a pure white. As she looked at them, the words occurred to her mind, "Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow." Suddenly looking up, she saw in the shadow of a doorway in Piccadilly a young girl, a picture of utter despair. The sister came to her and held out the roses; but the girl's face at once hardened scornfully, and she turned away. Quietly the sister followed her, when the girl turned and said angrily, "Why do you come to me with flowers? Do you want to torment me?" "Do you know what these roses seemed to say to me — this white and this red rose?" said the sister, kindly. "The message they spoke was this: 'Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow.'" "Yes," said the girl, "that is all very well for you, but I am not fit to touch them." "Oh, but the message is meant for you as much as for me," and again the sister held out the flowers. Then the girl burst into tears, "I will take them and keep them for my mother's sake. She sent me two roses in her last letter. I have got them now in the Bible she gave me when I left home to come to London. It was an easy thing now to urge the message of love. That night the girl left her life of sin and came simply to the Saviour. She was soon restored to her home in the country, and her new life has been a blessing to many. Frequently there comes from her a box of flowers to Sister Margaret, with the message: "Give these to the girls; a flower saved me. It may do as much for somebody else." (M. Guy Pearse.) Parallel Verses KJV: Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. |
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