We just had our deck surface rebuilt. A much needed repair, as it had become dangerous with popped-up nails and boards… sometimes you just wait too long. How wonderful it was to return from vacation and walk onto a new deck!
Suddenly I realized, however, the old railing looked anything but white. Finding paint, I set out to give it a fresh coat. ❤️ All the cracks and scars covered over like magic. You can’t even tell that I accidentally painted over a few dead bugs and spider web pieces.
“Come, let’s consider your options,” says the LORD. “Though your sins have stained you like the color red, you can become white like snow; though they are as easy to see as the color scarlet, you can become white like wool.” Isaiah 1:18
When God cleanses us from our sin, it’s not a white-wash, it’s a total redo. In His loving eyes my dead bugs are taken away, as well as all cracks, scars, and old webs! I am made NEW through and through in His Image.
But what an amazing thought, He didn’t stop there. He is at the business of making my life abundant – to match what He’s already accomplished spiritually! I am being remodeled bit by bit: to think like Him, to love like Him, to serve others like Him.
“I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So the life I now live in the body, I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.” Galatians 2:20
My dying life in exchange for Eternal Life through Jesus. How is this possible? Who would ever have the patience to take on such an exhausting project as me? Who would have the vision to see the possibilities? Who would have the faithfulness to stick it out?
Only my God! He Can, He Will, He Does. Why?… you know,
ForGlorySake! – Anna
