Well, I know
you may be tired of my “outdoor” stories, but I’ve got another one, so
hopefully it’ll encourage you and not bore you to tears! I was outside this
morning enjoying our flowers and doing a little weeding. We have some guests
coming in for dinner this weekend and if you are anything like us, sometimes we
put things off until we know someone who has never been to our house is coming
over. Well, I was making a mental list in my mind of what really needs to be
done before they visit, when I walked by our small fountain on our deck. What I
saw was pretty disgusting at first. It was green and slimy. Yuck! Well, I’ll
add that one to my husband’s list, I thought. I’m not sticking my hand in that
green mess! But, as I looked a little more closely, I saw something that really
surprised and astonished me! Down in that green slime, were dozens of tiny
little tadpoles! Wow! I called my husband outside and we both gazed in
amazement at the sight in our tiny pond. My husband asked me what I wanted to
do about it and I told him that we could not possibly kill all of those little
fellows and the cleaning would have to wait. We both decided that our guests
would just have to look at our messy little fountain, and we came to the
conclusion that it would at least make for good conversation if we run out of
things to talk about. (Not that this is ever a danger with me J)
Who would have ever thought that our disgusting, green fountain would produce
life!
Well, of
course that reminds me of my relationship with God. Isn’t that what God does with
us? He takes us, sinful, yucky messes and offers to clean us up and make us new
creatures! The Bible says that none of us are righteous, that we are all
sinners, that we all deserve death. And, it took His Son’s death on the Cross
to make us clean, to wipe our sins away. He offers each of us a clean slate, a
new life, a second chance, forgiveness of our sins. He can bring life from
death and light from darkness! Just like those little tadpoles were born into
that green slimy mess, and will eventually turn into some kind of interesting
little frog, Jesus takes us and breathes new life into us, making us new
creations in Him! He uses the mucky waters of life to teach us and grow us into His likeness. You can read about this in several places in the Bible,
Romans 3, Romans 6, and 2 Corinthians 5 among many other places in God’s Word.
He turns us into His “work of art”, and has specific work prepared for us to
do! We are His masterpieces! (Ephesians 2:10)
I tried to
take a picture today of those little swimmers in our fountain, but they are so
tiny that it didn’t turn out so well with all the green slime. I’m going to
post it anyway so that you can get a mental picture of just how awful the water
is in our fountain. Well, my life was just a gross before I became a follower
of Christ. Don’t get me wrong, I still need a LOT of work, but I belong to Him
and one day I will be complete in Him. He is transforming me day by day and
from glory to glory! I hope and pray that if you do not know Jesus as Lord and Savior
that you will find a Bible and read about Him and His amazing grace, love and
mercy. He wants a relationship with you. After all, He knows you best! (Warts
and all…no pun intended! hehe)
God bless and thanks for reading! J
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