Fresh-fallen snow, before anyone drives or walks through it, has a way of looking like a clean slate, God of us all. It reminds us that each day we can start afresh to love more extravagantly, forgive more generously, build up with kindness and spread peace with wild abandon. All this is possible and so we embrace the hope and promise of this day and all our tomorrows. In your grace, we dwell, Most Holy One. Amen.