Literally I have about 10 loads of laundry that must be done by the end of this weekend. I feel like if I am not on that pile it just gets overwhelming.. and its so the same in my spiritual life. I realize that too many times I store my dirty spiritual laundry in a pile and then I bring it all up to the Lord on that one fateful day that I can't take it anymore.
I woke up tonight to talk with the Lord about so many things I didn't even know where to begin.. so I did what I have to do with 10 loads.. I started the sorting process. This "fear" in the "fear pile". Then I found some items that belonged in the "angst" pile and so on and so forth. Once it was all put into the right piles it actually did not seem as overwhelming and I felt like I could actually get through it.
Isn't it funny though, we still have to choose to pick up those baskets and take them to the machines.. load them in with the proper detergents and push the "start" button. I find that even sometimes I sort the pile and then don't pick up each basket and hand then to the Lord but instead i just keep the there until tomorrow.. when I am not so tired or not so overwhelmed by the smell.
So as i was depositing my laundry in that ever faithful machine that washes every piece of dirt away I was just thinking about how many piles of this laundry that my God has been faithful in washing and cleansing. There have been times in my life when every pile was soaked with so much stench that i am surprised there was anything redeemable there. In His laundry mat I can bring clothes that have grease stains that are too big for "spray and wash" and I can put ripped up items, and stretched out things and when I take them out of the dryer they are not only as good as new.. but they look like they were just purchased. So crisp and shiny none would ever know that there was a rip, stain, or stretch anywhere.
So as I handed my fears and angst.. as i filled that washing machine with my tears and declarations I was reminded of how faithful and He has been all these years, not only to me but to all of the friends around me.
We serve an amazing awesome God is so for us we cannot even begin to comprehend Him. He so desires for us to bring every grimy and unfix able thing in out lives and hands us back garments that are more beautiful then before. That fit better then we could ever imagine.
In the midst of it... I will keep my eyes on the prize, Jesus Christ. He has NEVER failed me nor left. He is always available to hear my thoughts, ideas, fears, laughter, hopes, dreams, and even disappointments. He ALWAYS let me trade in my perspective for His..
So though I still have about 10 loads to physically take to the laundry mat I have taken all ten loads of my spiritual life to Him.. He even put my clothes on the gentle cycle.. and already has begun to hand them back to me.. full of beautiful fragrance and cleaner then ever before.
So Lord I just say"thank you" that You are for me and not against.. I declare again that I will not hear that old voice that says that I my clothes are too dirty or beyond repair and I will keep bringing them to you and trusting that your ever faithful and gentle hand. Thank you that my spiritual clothing closet is so full of freshly washed garments..
"Where else does my help come from?"
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