Before we can be filled
we must be emptied out,
all the dirt and debris gathered up and removed,
stripped of the tattered and torn pieces,
patched where we are broken and cracked,
sanded and smoothed in our rough places,
and covered with protection where we are worn and rusting away.
Only then can the new be installed.
Only then can we be refilled.
Only then are we able to refresh.
Lord, thank you for going to all the trouble,
thank you for doing all the work,
thank you for not just giving up
and saying what's the use.
Lord, thank you for restoring, refilling, refreshing.
"Therefore repent and return,
so that your sins may be wiped away,
in order that times of refreshing may come
from the presence of the Lord."
(Acts 3:19)
Thank You, God, for these wonders of Your love:
1161. a beautiful blue almost full pool
1162. Victor's vision
1163. family teamwork
1164. children who can do just about anything
1165. cherries
1166. watermelon
1167. blueberries, strawberries, and blackberries
1168. "always we begin again"
1169. great just-what-we-needed gift
1170. letting go and letting God
With gratitude,
Sally