I think I get my frugal and prudent spending habits and mindset from parents who were products of the Great Depression when every penny counted. My Mom would sing out \u201cShut off the lights!\u201d and \u201cTurn down the heat and put on a sweater!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My husband would tell you I am my momma. He is cold-natured \u2013 I am not! This photo is him nestled in his recliner and wearing a sweater to cope with my inbred heater. I couldn’t help snapping this photo!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, that I’ve revealed my offs and ons, along with the highs and lows, let’s talk about some power washing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We are moving toward the grandest celebration of our Christian faith, Resurrection Sunday \u2013- the time of becoming the best version-of-ourselves. But it doesn\u2019t happen by accident. It happens through an exciting collaboration between us and God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our interior check-up requires turning on the lights to search for areas that still need to have a power wash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Psalm 139:23-24 says: \u201cSearch me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me and lead me in the way everlasting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Inside our hearts, over time, some less-than-ideal habits show up. Habits like crankiness, unforgiveness, complaining, worrying, unbelief, fault-finding, and other areas that need to be power washed out!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Bible illuminates those areas. \u201cFrom within the man, from his heart, come evil thoughts, unchastity, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, licentiousness, envy, blasphemy, arrogance, folly. All these evils come from within, and they defile.\u201d (Mark 7:21-23)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yikes! All those are \u201cevils\u201d because they represent darkness, and I don\u2019t want them in my heart or my life. Lord, bring on the high beams! \u201cYour Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.\u201d Psalm 119:105<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I love how The Message Bible paraphrases that scripture: \u201cBy your words, I can see where I\u2019m going; they throw a beam of light on my dark path.\u201d The light of God\u2019s Word keeps us from stumbling and helps us find our way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This season can be the most freeing time of cleaning-up-and-out all those dark places in our hearts. Lord, bring in your cleaning crew\u2019s power washers and clean out all the crevices, corners and hiding places and make my life fresh and new so I will be more like you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Change my heart oh God. Make it ever true. Change my heart oh God. May I be like You.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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