MY WORD FOR JULY 2 IS WASHING MACHINE!

My word for July 2 is WASHING MACHINE

Since being married, I have gone from a small washer with an agitator to the extra large front-loading barrel washer.  The new washers are supposed to wash just about everything in one load.  When all the girls are home the washer runs non- stop, it never quits.    When it is just Anna at home, I only have to wash twice a week.  Several times my washer has broken and I have gone into a panic.  Sometimes I have so many towels, because girls think they have to use 2 towels every time they bathe.  Jay use to say we should have purchased two dryers because the dryer can’t keep up with the washer.  I am very thankful for my washer; I can’t imagine if I had lived years ago and had to wash our clothes in a tub with the water being heated on a gas stove then the laundry hung on a line to dry.  I know I would have survived, but what a convenience we have today. 

Our lives are like washing machines.  Sometimes we are twisted and spun around.  Sometimes we are agitated.  Many times we can’t get clean with just one wash or with regular washing detergent.  We sometimes have to be sanitized or we have to add an extra ingredient to get us clean.  Many times we have to soak in stain remover.  We have also experienced times when people have hung us out to dry.  No worries though we can become clean.  That extra ingredient we need to sanitize us is the Lord.  He helps us to get rid of the filth, so we won’t have any dirty laundry.  He takes us unclean, filthy, and full of grime and gets us spic and span.

To become clean we can’t just sit back and do nothing.   We need to go to God in prayer, asking for forgiveness.  We need to read God’s word everyday, so that His word will help purify us.  We were fearfully and wonderfully made by God in His image and likeness, so we should walk in faith everyday seeking Him first.    One thing is certain when we follow the Lord in all that we do we will come out of the wash cleaner, brighter and better than before. 

Dear Lord please cleanse us.  Purify us and rinse out any evil that lingers within us.  Guide us in ways that will lead to only cleanliness.  Make us clean in every way, removing all impurities. During our journey of 2012 remind us to throw ourselves in the washer every now and then so You can do Your cleaning. 

Psalm 51:2 NIV

Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. 

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Life is like a washing machine. It twists, turns & knocks us around, but in the end we come out cleaner, brighter & better than before.