When I taught preschool for my local Head Start program, we had to clean up at the end of every year. By that time, things had gotten, well, if you have children, you'd understand. The walls had darkened smudges on them from little grubby hands and the tables had a few crayon or marker scribbles here and there. When the cleaner and a rag didn't work, a Magic Eraser did the trick of getting those marks up and of getting those grubby hand smudges off the walls.
You've heard of a Magic Eraser, right? It's a little white 3D rectangle made of some magic material that somehow erases smudges and marks that other cleaner refuses to make budge. I've noticed that as I use the eraser, it becomes dirty. It takes on the dirt, so to speak, of whatever it's being used on. After a few uses, the white eraser is no longer white, but pretty dirty looking. However, it has done its job.
I was listening to Natalie Grant's song, "Clean," tonight on repeat. If you've never heard it, I'd encourage you to give it a listen.
I've been walking through a journey of healing from trauma and recently had a major deliverance of some pretty gnarly stuff. As I've been processing the last few weeks, I've noticed that I feel shame for the things that happened and the things that I did and was made to do. Today, as I was processing with the Lord, this song came to my mind, and I was struck by the line, There's nothing too dirty, that You can't make worthy.
See, I don't know about you, but there are some things that I just think are too dirty. There are things that I try to clean up by myself, but they just won't budge. I can't get clean. But, just like the Magic Eraser can erase dirt and grime that other cleaner can't, my God takes His righteousness, mercy, and blood and, with hardly any elbow grease, erases all my dirt, filth, and grime. He makes me clean. Like a Magic Eraser, He, a perfect, pure, white, spotless lamb, takes on my dirt and filth, leaving me clean in His wake.
Are you feeling a bit dirty today? Take heart knowing that there is nothing too dirty that He can't make worthy. He can make you clean. All you have to do is ask Him. He's more than willing and ready.
