One of the items on my list of things to accomplish today is to clean out the refrigerator. You know, throw out old food, wash the shelves, reorganize the regular inhabitants so that they're easy to find and use.
Every thing was going along smoothly until I hit the vegetable bin; then, I found something that I think used to be a cucumber. Yuck!
I washed up the bin and threw out the old food. I even found some leftovers in the freezer that we'll have for dinner tonight - hooray for not having to come up with a menu for dinner at 6:00 pm when I arrive home from work, and I'm tired from the day. I also found some still-good lettuce and other salad makings, which I chopped up and will use for my lunch today, and for dinner tonight.
While emptying the frig, I got to thinking about how I sometimes feel like what I found in the bottom of the vege bin... growing older, maybe a little moldy around the edges, in need of cleansing and renewal. While washing the bin, I thought of being washed by Jesus and being made clean again. And, while chopping up the vegetables for the salad, I thought of how God uses each of us to accomplish something for him; something that may not be easily accomplished individually, but when blended together, brings forth a completely new accomplishment.
I pray that you will be open to God's plan for you today.
2 Corinthians 4:16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
