It's spring - time for a good old-fashioned spring cleaning. What is it about spring that motivated our mothers and grandmothers to give every part of the house a good spring cleaning? Was it the longer hours of bright sunshine that showed up dust and dirt in corners of the house? An on-line spring cleaning checklist had 109 things to do! Just reading the list made me tired! However, there is something about cleaning and refreshing things that brings joy and hope.
Our souls need spring cleaning as much as our physical environment. God wants to show us the dust and grime in our lives and give us an opportunity to be refreshed with his forgiveness and healing. When we surrender to God’s love and truth, old ways of living can be put away and all things can become new.
Let us go right into the presence of God with sincere hearts fully trusting him. For our guilty consciences have been sprinkled with Christ’s blood to make us clean, and our bodies have been washed with pure water. Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise. (Hebrews 10:22-23 NLT)
When we Spring clean, we usually pull out the stove and fridge and find all kinds of dirt that needs to be removed. Sometimes we will find things that have gone missing. Through the year, we only cleaned the parts we could see. In a similar way, there are times when God wants to show us what needs to be cleaned up and what has been missing in our lives. He's not condemning us. He's simply revealing things we were not able to see on our own. How can I know all the sins lurking in my heart? Cleanse me from these hidden faults. (Psalm 19:12 NLT)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, please help us to do a thorough Spring cleaning of our hearts. Cleanse us from all hidden sins and reveal to us what we have been missing. Amen
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