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On Sunday we took a family road trip..
We stopped in Astoria, Oregon and went for a small walk along the coast, there was a dock where fishermen were cleaning the fish they had just caught and the ground was littered with random things..
Anyway, my brother handed me a Tshirt shelve he found and I was grossed out and took it.. Not sure why I did (I thought it was pretty nasty..) till tonight. God reminded me of it, and gave me a picture of it..
"Isaiah 64:6
New International Version (NIV)
6 All of us have become like one who is unclean,
and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags;
we all shrivel up like a leaf,
and like the wind our sins sweep us away."
I feel like lately I've seen myself as that rag..
That nasty scrap no one even wants to touch.
Tonight, as I was laying here in bed I saw God pick it up just as disgusted as I was. But He didn't drop it..
No, He washed it off in His blood & it was white again.
But it was still just a piece of rag.. Useless..
Then I saw Him take it and start to sew it onto a big blanket of other small pieces of scrap like a quilt..
It had so many colors and shapes and patterns yet some how He made every piece fit perfectly..
Then, I saw him walk a little ways down this dark quite street where I saw myself homeless and cold sleeping on the pavement and I felt Him cover me with it..
What a beautiful picture of Gods redeeming love, family, comfort, provision & wholeness.
Thank you Jesus that you picked me up out of the dust and filth and made me into something beautiful!
You are so good!!
We stopped in Astoria, Oregon and went for a small walk along the coast, there was a dock where fishermen were cleaning the fish they had just caught and the ground was littered with random things..
Anyway, my brother handed me a Tshirt shelve he found and I was grossed out and took it.. Not sure why I did (I thought it was pretty nasty..) till tonight. God reminded me of it, and gave me a picture of it..
"Isaiah 64:6
New International Version (NIV)
6 All of us have become like one who is unclean,
and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags;
we all shrivel up like a leaf,
and like the wind our sins sweep us away."
I feel like lately I've seen myself as that rag..
That nasty scrap no one even wants to touch.
Tonight, as I was laying here in bed I saw God pick it up just as disgusted as I was. But He didn't drop it..
No, He washed it off in His blood & it was white again.
But it was still just a piece of rag.. Useless..
Then I saw Him take it and start to sew it onto a big blanket of other small pieces of scrap like a quilt..
It had so many colors and shapes and patterns yet some how He made every piece fit perfectly..
Then, I saw him walk a little ways down this dark quite street where I saw myself homeless and cold sleeping on the pavement and I felt Him cover me with it..
What a beautiful picture of Gods redeeming love, family, comfort, provision & wholeness.
Thank you Jesus that you picked me up out of the dust and filth and made me into something beautiful!
You are so good!!