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Etch-a-sketch
'... I'll make a clean breast of my failures to God.' Psalm 32:5
There's a postbox hidden deep in the sand dunes on an island in America, where people go to post their deepest, darkest secrets. These are the things they'd never share with family or friends, but that are dragging them down. The people that travel there find that leaving their anonymous notes in the middle of nowhere helps them finally feel free.
Did you know you don't have to do that? You don't even have to leave your bedroom to get rid of what's dragging you down. All you have to do is talk to God. He's just waiting with open ears to hear what you need to tell Him. What's even better is that no matter what it is, once you've told God and said sorry, that's it, it's gone. There's no record of what you said in a postbox somewhere.
It's not like the film Bruce Almighty where there's a massive filing cabinet with all your secrets in it, just waiting for anyone to look at.
It's not even like a blackboard or whiteboard that when you wipe it clean you can still see faintly what was written. It's more like an Etch-a-sketch - remember them? When you 'write down' on there what you're telling God, He shakes it up and it's completely clean. There's no trace whatsoever of what was there before. It's gone. How awesome is that?
So don't bottle stuff up - own up, and let God wipe the slate clean for you.
written by Bob Gass
'... I'll make a clean breast of my failures to God.' Psalm 32:5
There's a postbox hidden deep in the sand dunes on an island in America, where people go to post their deepest, darkest secrets. These are the things they'd never share with family or friends, but that are dragging them down. The people that travel there find that leaving their anonymous notes in the middle of nowhere helps them finally feel free.
Did you know you don't have to do that? You don't even have to leave your bedroom to get rid of what's dragging you down. All you have to do is talk to God. He's just waiting with open ears to hear what you need to tell Him. What's even better is that no matter what it is, once you've told God and said sorry, that's it, it's gone. There's no record of what you said in a postbox somewhere.
It's not like the film Bruce Almighty where there's a massive filing cabinet with all your secrets in it, just waiting for anyone to look at.
It's not even like a blackboard or whiteboard that when you wipe it clean you can still see faintly what was written. It's more like an Etch-a-sketch - remember them? When you 'write down' on there what you're telling God, He shakes it up and it's completely clean. There's no trace whatsoever of what was there before. It's gone. How awesome is that?
So don't bottle stuff up - own up, and let God wipe the slate clean for you.
written by Bob Gass