{{It is Friday. Today I link with Lisa Jo Baker for Five Minute Friday. Here is how it works…. One word prompt. Five minutes. No editing. Lots of women. Everyone writes on the same word. Equals a great time.}}
Today she picked the word ….. laundry.
There was a time when laundry was major at my house. Piles of laundry. It always seemed like I would never see the hamper empty. Having a son who played sports every season throughout high school can grow laundry quicker than yeast can grow bread. For four years, there was either a practice or a game every day. And so the laundry had to get done frequently.
Not so much these days with just the two of us now. The piles are smaller. Much smaller.
I saw the prompt – laundry – and remembered that there was one pile waiting for me on the bathroom floor. As I scooped the pile up, headed to the washing machine, it was then that I thought….
“I am so glad He does laundry as well.”
I can air my “dirty laundry” with Him and know that He holds it safe. It doesn’t get repeated to cause me shame and/or embarrassment. Once told to Him, He tends to it. Scripture tells me…
He gave up his life for her (speaking of the Church) to make her holy and clean, washed by the cleansing of God’s word. He did this to present her to himself as a glorious church without a spot or wrinkle or any other blemish. Instead, she will be holy and without fault. (Ephesians 5: 25-27, NLT).
{{{Christ does laundry.}}}
I have been the recipient of Him washing me whiter than snow, removing all stain of my sins. I though of how I have applied spot remover to favorite shirts. How often it seemed like a particular stain would be impossible to get out. Oh the joy and relief that was felt, when pulling it out of the washing machine, the stain was gone and the shirt was saved.
And I have known that very same joy, each and every time I have come to Him to repent and ask for cleansing. The stain is lifted.
Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city. (Revelation 22:14, NIV)).
I am blessed.
My robe has been washed.
He holds my laundry.
Today I linked with Five Minute Friday and Friday Flash Blog and Faith Filled Fri. and Essential Fridays and Faithful Fri. and Friendship Fri. and Fun Fri. and Fellowship Fri. .
Hi Joanne — I found you via Five Minute Friday, and I’m so glad I did. Not only are your thoughts in this post true and encouraging, your whole blog is. Thanks so much for sharing. =)
Thank you so much for the encouraging comment. So glad that you did stop by. Have a great Friday!
Love that analogy!
Thank you Nannette. Even more grateful to Him that it is absolutely true 🙂
Dear Joanne
Oh, we are so blessed to know that at the cross our Lord exclaimed that everything that needed to be done was finished for His process daily to wash us clean and transform us into His radiant bride without a single spot or stain. I know what you are talking about with all the laundry that goes with boys and their sports!
Blessings XX
Mia
MIa – Believe it or not, now that he got married in June, I miss the laundry 🙂
I just had to come by and see how you tied in your series to this prompt word. AWESOMENESS! Love you friend.
Beth – You are too funny. It has been a challenge on Fridays for sure but I so desired to be able to connect the FMF & the 31 days. Thanks for checking 🙂 Praying that you & your family are blessed being together these days!
I never thought that such a daily routine as laundry could have a scriptural significance. Thanks for pointing that out and wonderfully presenting it!
I am so glad that you stopped by. It is amazing how God can teach us through the most common & mundane tasks each day. Thank you for reading & sharing here! Have a great weekend!
I am so impressed you came up with this in 5 minutes! What a beautiful analogy. So glad you visited so I could find you. I’ll definitely be back :)!
I probably had a little help in that I have been reading in Ephesians this past week 🙂 Not sure what would have come otherwise, lol. I am so glad that you stopped by!
Such a great picture of what Christ does for us. Thanks for sharing this.This really blessed me this morning!
I’m loving the 5 Minute Friday theme this week. So grateful that I am washed clean in Christ!
Thanks for linking up at Essential Fridays.
Blessings
Mel from Essential Thing Devotions & Connect With God
What an amazing revelation, friend!
Thank you! I am so glad that He invades the mundane 🙂