My husband and youngest daughter
have a Saturday morning tradition. It
starts with Greg parading through the house “YARD SALE!” The two of them gather their coins and ball
caps and head out on a hunt.
They have occasionally called or
sent pictures back from a yard sale to ask my opinion if they should buy or
not. One of the pictures I received while they were out one Saturday
morning was a large china cabinet.
I told Greg we had no need for such
a piece. He told me it was in good
condition with glass all in place and beautiful lined drawers. He said we could even paint it if we wanted
to. I was VERY hesitant. When he said it was $25.00, I told him to
move the seats in the van and “load her up!”
If they had a particularly
successful Saturday the week before, its hard for the rest of us to resist the
sing-songy “Yard Sale.” So we too roll
out of bed and join them on their hunt.
On one of those Saturdays we found
ourselves at a yard sale when I noticed this.
I tell you
this story, not so you will envy my possessions, or even our ability to find
hidden treasures. I want to remind you
that we like the china cabinet and tea pot, find ourselves day in and day out
with little ones or big ones, who we kind of just “shake our heads” at.
Will they
ever get it?
Christ is
our Redeemer. To redeem means:
To
purchase back; to ransom; to liberate or rescue from captivity or bondage
Job 19:25 As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives,
Moms, each of our babies (and it
doesn’t matter their age) has potential.
God is using us to shine them up.
To minister to them. To deposit
His Truth in their souls. Their hearts
will have to submit and fall madly in love with our Savior. I am confident that even when we don’t see
their potential (or ours) Christ is smiling, knowing He has already “bought us
back.” And it won’t be long before we
too, will be shining like “the top of the Chrysler Building!”
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