We were having a great time playing in the family room at the rear of their house, when all of sudden, he stopped dead in his tracks and RAN for the front door! He had heard the garbage truck picking up the recycling from the curb. He stood at the open front door, pointing and saying "truck - truck - truck". It was clearly the highlight of his life to watch that truck. After his nap, it was time for a walk to the park and some outdoor playtime. On the walk, he was delighted that it seemed to be a garbage truck on every street! He just squealed and laughed through the entire walk. He would strain to look around the corner, hoping that there was a garbage truck on that street. And he was mostly finding his hopes met. For some reason there seemed to be a lot of garbage trucks in their neighborhood. After the park, we walked home and went into the back yard to play some ball and slide on his little play set. Once again, he went running for the front yard when he heard a garbage truck on the street out front. After two trucks just drove past, I was reluctant to let him go to the front when, once again, we heard the roar of the trucks. But I relented and we went to the front yard. There were two garbage trucks just parked in front of their house. (I think that drivers were just taking a short break!) Michael immediately just sat down on the grass - never taking his eyes off of those trucks. I sat down next to him and for the next several minutes, he just stared at those trucks. Finally, the drivers returned to their trucks. On seeing Michael watching, they waved at him, and he happily waved back. As soon as the trucks pulled out of sight, Michael was up and running to the back yard. The show was over. Isn't it great how such a small thing, can be so much entertainment for a little one?
On the way home I was thinking about spiritually taking out the trash. I am so thankful that Jesus is just waiting to take away the trash from our lives. All we have to do, is take that stuff to the spiritual "curb" and place it in Jesus' waiting hands. We don't have to wait for Sunday or any other special trash pick-up day. Whenever we confess our sins, He is faithful and will forgive them and take them away! And just like the trash, we can't get our spiritual trash back either. He has taken them away! There was a time when I didn't grasp this concept. I knew that he FORGAVE me, but I missed the fact that he TAKES OUR SINS AWAY! And the best news is that when he takes something from us, he replaces it with something of Himself. When we bring him our anger, he gives us his peace. When we have been selfish or cruel or unthinking towards someone else, he fills us with his love not only for others, but for ourselves. Satan does not want us to remember this! He wants us to constantly be back in our sin. So we need to not only TAKE OUT the garbage - we need to LEAVE IT THERE!
Yahweh, thanks for the reminder of your great plan to remove our sins. Jesus, you are always there to hear our confession and willing take away our sins. Jesus, thank you for your amazing working that allows us to be filled with all that you are when we empty ourselves of sin. What a joyful and wonderful thing this is! Yahweh, bless all of those workers who drive those garbage trucks. Holy Spirit, remind them that they can take out their spiritual garbage to Jesus. Thank you Yahweh for the provision of work for me. Bless the families that I serve. Thank you today, especially for Michael.
Yahweh, remind people who see those garbage cans on the curb, to take out their spiritual trash! Amen
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