I am convinced that my laundry will never be done. I could die and go to heaven and there would still be something (hopefully not my underwear) flopping around in the dryer.

I thought Jesus meant blessings in Luke 12:48 when he said, “From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded”. Now I realize he meant blouses and blue jeans as well.

It's like scrapbooking, no matter how much you accomplish, there will always be more to do. The futility of staying "caught up" makes me want to give up,  like King Solomon in Ecclesiastes when he wrote: “Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind; nothing was gained under the sun.”  (Ecc 2:11)

If there is nothing to be gained, why do anything at all?  Why race to the washing machine every time I find a dirty outfit stuffed behind Katie's door, hoping to add it to the last load?

Looking for answers, I turned to another King—one known for washing away the toughest stains. As I thought about all Jesus went through, only to have sin still flopping around inside us after his death on the cross, I realized that our goal is not to to get caught up at all.

As long as we live and breathe, there will always be sin . . . and dirty laundry. Thanks to Jesus (and those who man the spin cycle), we always have something clean to put on . . . when we are ready for a change.

May God bless you this Easter season and always.

A Quote to Grow On

"For thousands of years, God gave us his voice. . . .

         But in the manger, God gave us himself."

-Max Lucado, Cure for the Common Life, p. 66

"As you wear yourself out in His service, remember

         you will never be asked to work harder,

                  than the One you are working for."

-Julie Albin