Spring Cometh In, And The Cycle Begins Again

Thank You, Lord!

I am in a cleaning cycle, at least for today. And may I just say this?

IT COULDN'T POSSIBLY COME SOON ENOUGH!!!

I will spare you the gory details of what came out of my refrigerator today, except for this one thing. The cottage cheese? It came out of the container to go down the garbage disposal in One Huge Lump of Disgustingly Rotten Blech. And I do believe that last word is of foreign origin, as were the unrecognizable leftovers of some forgotten salad of months past.

It was SO not pretty.

However, except for the floor, the kitchen sparkles. I have threatened other beings of this household with their very lives should I come home to find it in the state it was in previously.

Heads will roll, Ladies and Gentlemen.

HEADS WILL ROLL!!!

Now, if only I can keep the jones going for a while, I should be able to get some serious cleaning done around here. Because we could certainly use some form of Serious Cleaning around here for an extended period.

Funny, isn't it? Everything seems to have its own cycle. Each of us has our own little seasons of life. I think God made us that way for a reason. Things change. People change. Nothing stays static forever. It's His way of making all things new for us.

I cannot imagine a world where there was no change. No winters becoming spring, no good and bad moods, no rain amidst the sunshine...how dull would that be? God gives us each day the changes we need to move on to the next cycle. The next season of life; growing, fading, loving, and learning. He lets us experience both the ups and the downs so that we can appreciate the gifts He gives even more.

What a wonderful God He is!

Thank You, Lord, for all of Your gifts. For sorrow that becomes joy, for tears that become laughter, and especially for the death of Your Son, which became LIFE for us. Thank You for ever changing us, while remaining unchanged. Great is Your faithfulness!

Lamentations 3:22-24
The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is His faithfulness; His mercies begin afresh each morning. I say to myself, “The Lord is my inheritance; therefore, I will hope in Him!”