Making a Mess

Last night Ben and I went out to eat (it was KFC so it wasn't anything special, but it was still out). He had brought a piece of chicken home with him. He was getting my check for me and asked me to put the chicken in the fridge while he got it. I had the chicken in the container and everything was still going good. I moved to put the it in the fridge and the next thing I knew the plate (from KFC so thankfully we're talking styrofoam) is doing multiple 360s. It landed on the floor and my heart sank. I really have no idea how it got the air time it did. All I did was barely tap the side of the plate. Ben didn't get mad when he walked back in the kitchen. He just let me clean it up with the paper towels he'd bought earlier. It was just some crumbs that needed wiped up, but it was still a mess.

This got me thinking about how easy it is to make mistakes in our lives. All it takes it one small wrong decision to flip things end over end. A lot of times we don't even realize we've done anything until we see everything spinning out of control. Thankfully we have a God who loves us and doesn't blow up at us when we do this. He is patient with us and gives us time to clean up the mess. He doesn't expect us to clean it up all on our own; He gives us the tools we need to clean up our messes.

Today I'm praising God for the many times He has helped me clean up both the big and small messes I've made in my life. I praise Him for the wonderful Christian family He has sent into my life to help me through my messes. I praise Him for giving us the Bible for guidance when making our decisions and for helping us figure out how the clean up our messes. I praise Him most of all for sending his son Jesus to be the ultimate clean up tool for our biggest messes. I'd like to see Mr. Clean try to top my Jesus at cleaning. Christ is so good He's even cleaned up my heart a time or two.