Gleanings From The Word
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Spiritual Laundry
Our house is like
that of any other family. It seems that the loads of laundry never end.
Contrary to the opinion of some, it's nothing magic. You don't just put your
dirty clothing aside and wait for it to be replaced by fresh newly cleaned
clothing. Someone actually has to wash, dry and fold the laundry.
Tackling the
laundry this morning, I noticed that some of my whites weren't quite as
bright as they could be. In fact they were almost getting grey. It was time
to work some laundry magic and brighten them up again.
I haven't yet
found a way to make doing laundry a spiritual experience, other than to do
it, and everything else to the glory of God.
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as
working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an
inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are
serving.
Colossians 3:23-24
When we become
Christians and give our sin over to Jesus, we get washed cleaner than snow.
We're washed whiter the bright kind of snow that dazzles the eyes and is
almost hard to look at.
Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me,
and I will be whiter than snow.
Psalm 51:7 NIV
"Come now, let us reason together," says the LORD.
"Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though
they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.
Isaiah 1:18 NIV
We start out with
nice white robes. We trample through the dirt, we wander into places that we
shouldn't. We fudge and fib. We drift from God. We go through the motions of
worship. We get complacent about prayer and indifferent about our Bibles.
It isn't long
before those fresh white robes look pretty tattered, torn and filthy. Somehow
they even make us feel dirty on the inside.
Like laundry, they
don't just get clean again by themselves. Someone has to handle our spiritual
laundry.
When we've
stumbled and rolled in the dirt for a while, it's time to give it up to our
forgiving Lord once again.
Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up
my iniquity. I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD"-- and
you forgave the guilt of my sin.
Psalm 32.5 NIV
He is faithful to
do load, after load, after load of our spiritual laundry. It never gets too
bad for Him to clean. There are never spots and stains left behind; it always
comes out brilliant white an as good as new.
What color is your
spiritual laundry?
Until next time,
take it to the master and have it cleansed again. Be made new and fresh all
over again.
Be blessed.
Hallelu Yah
(Praise God)!
Kevin
YOU ARE
Once you have
accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, you are abounding in hope.
And God is able to make all grace abound to
you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will
abound in every good work. 2 Corinthians 9:8 NIV
Never let the
enemy tell you that you are worthless or insignificant. You have value in
the eyes of God so great that it was worth dying for. You are a blessing to
the world.
There's nothing
you can do that is so bad that Jesus can't forgive you. Whatever baggage
you are carrying, whatever dirt is in your life, He can make it clean and
light. He can give you hope. All you have to do is accept His love.
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