While sipping my apple/banana/ berry/almond milk and spring greens smoothie...taking a break from my (overdue) very late spring cleaning I was thinking about....dirt. Two things I can say about that which all would agree--1. It is dirty, and 2. It is never-ending. What I have never appreciated about dirt is that it is not teachable -- no matter how many times I vacuum it, dust it, wash it, scrub and scatter it, it ALWAYS comes back. How rude.
Then my thoughts wandered to the first fruit (probably not an apple) plucked from the forbidden tree in the Garden of Eden...In all the sermons I have heard in my life, I recall many on the Genesis account of Adam and Eve and their disobedience; what we call the "Fall of Man". As a result of their sin, they were kicked out of the Garden. I remember hearing a pretty long list of consequences that we have had to endure ever since, realities that have shaped the world as we and our mothers and fathers have known it for all generations: sickness, thorns and thistles, pain in childbirth, sweat of the brow, and, ultimately, death. Very serious stuff.
Well, I do not want to cast any blame here, because (who knows?) I may have made the same very, very bad choice. But as I sit here, in the midst of my torn apart house, mop in hand, I got to thinking---Hey, you know, dirt has got to be on that list of consequences....I'm pretty sure that Eve was not chasing dust bunnies or scrubbing floors in The Garden! And we know for sure she was not doing laundry ;)
So while I contemplate the origins of housecleaning, I do have a sure hope that some day it will end. One day there will be no more need for Mr. Clean, Dirt Devil, Maytag, , scrubbing bubbles -- or even house cleaners, nurses, firemen, soldiers, lawyers or sanitation workers! Looking forward to Heaven, much better than looking back to the Garden of Eden.
Meanwhile, my floors are calling me.
Revelation 21:4 "And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes, there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away."
Want to know for sure you are going to Heaven? Your journey begins with knowing Jesus...
http://www.proverbs31.org/do-you-know-jesus/
