laundry day...

laundry...i'm running another load right now...it seems like once i have washed...dried...folded...and put away the clothes...i discover someone has slipped yet another dirty item into the hamper...and being that i live alone...that "someone" would have to be me...the thing about laundry is...it's just never-ending...

i've considered taking a sabbatical from the never-ending task...but i'm certain it would accumulate into a heap causing a pervasive stench in my house...and...of course...eventually...i would run out of things to wear...so...eventually...i need to cave...my sabbatical would ultimately lead to my own panic as i surveyed the overflowing hampers...

so...no laundry sabbatical for me...instead...i accept the need to wash clothes regularly...and i do it...

the interesting thing i find...is how God uses these ordinary "chores" to teach me life lessons...here is what i have been reflecting on...while doing my laundry...

God has that constant laundering thing going on too...except He's cleansing our hearts instead of our clothes...i'm sure He would rather we not dirty our hearts with sin...but He knows we do and He is always willing...day or night...to cleanse us...

the problem is sometimes i'm unwilling to put my stinky garments in His hamper to be washed...i have favorite sins...like favorite jeans...that i'm resistant to take off...sometimes...i just wear my sin day in and day out...and the idea of confessing it and asking for grace doesn't even cross my mind...it's like He has a pile of clean clothes ready to go...but i walk right past them...

fortunately for me...and well...for all of us...God never takes a cleaning sabbatical...and He doesn't get overwhelmed when our sin hampers seem filled to capacity...in fact...you can dump ten loads of sin in front of Him and He'll wash them all...He's a pro with the delicate cycle...if we can mess it up...He can clean it up...we just have to ask...if we confess, He will faithfully forgive...

thank you Lord!