Friday, December 9, 2016

Yesterday was one of those days!


                         



Yesterday after I took my granddaughter to school, I headed to the grocery store.  I got almost everything on my list though I did forget the chocolate.   That is probably what started my day going in the wrong direction.

I got home and put up the groceries and then just sat down for one minute.  My intention was to clean like a mad woman and get everything cleaned, washed and shiny.  It didn't happen.  The next thing I knew I was waking up from an hour and a half nap.

I decided that if I worked really fast I could get everything done.  Nope that didn't work either.  I was moving really slow.  I did get a few chores done but then I started thinking about what I would cook for supper.  I was thinking dressing with chicken on top of it with swiss cheese.

I walked to the cabinet where the cook books and recipe cards are and took the books out.  I looked through them but couldn't find the recipe.  I reached back into the cabinet to get the box of hand written recipe cards.  When I did this, I not only knocked the box out but  also a glass candler holder.  The glass shattered everywhere.  The shards went all over the counter and stove. I got the big pieces off then I grabbed a wet paper towel to get the small pieces. Just when I thought I had it cleaned up I dropped the paper towel with the sharp pieces of glass shards.  Now the glass shards were all over the floor.  I was standing there with bare feet.

I reached over and grabbed the broom and dustpan then very carefully swept and mopped that area of the floor.  I was sweeping again just to make sure and I kept seeing something red and thought what on earth is that red stuff.  Yes it was blood.  My blood.  I had felt a prick but didn't see anything but there was a little piece of class stuck on the bottom of my right foot.  I took care of my foot and went back to cleaning up the floor.  Then I saw red again.  I looked at the bottom of my foot, the band aid was holding.  Then I saw blood on my big toe on the other foot.  I got that taken care of and then I put my shoes on to finish the job.

I don't know why I didn't just put my shoes on.  It would have only taken a second and then my feet would have been safe from the shards of glass that fell to the floor.  The pain and blood I had yesterday was just a tiny inconvenience in the scheme of the day.  I was still breathing.  I was alive but if I had put my shoes on my feet would have been protected. The more I thought about that just that one act would have saved me from the cuts on my feet.

It  also made me think about the pain, the blood and the death of my Savior.  My Savior not only died on the cross, he rose again.  My feet of sin were with Him on that cross.  Everyone's sin was on the cross with Him.  The good news is that His death and resurrection gave all a path that can lead straight to Him. His one act could save you!  Leave the shards of your sin at His feet!


John 3:16-17New King James Version (NKJV)

16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.