Old Pictures

Old Pictures...

I remember the old pictures in my mind...  You have them too!  The pictures that you took with the camera God gave you.  You have them archived in your mind.  Mom Davis was what all her grandkids called her.  I have many pictures of her in those precious archives in my mind.  One that popped up in my mind this morning was her old ringer washer that set on the back porch.  I remember her ringing out the wash water out of those clothes.  The ringer squeezed the water right out of each article of clothing. It was the convenience of the day... It was much easier than river rock beating!  From the ringer to the clothes line.  In my mind the colors are not brownish like the actual pictures, but they are vivid and beautiful.

It made me think of how God works in our lives... He takes us through a process of squeezing out sin.  It hurts, that squeezing!  Sometimes all the water didn't come out the first time and back through the ringer again it would go.  Same with us.  God's Word says, “Be holy, because I am holy.” 
1 Peter 1:16  We can't make ourselves holy only God can do that.  Back and forth through the ringer squeezing out the old dirty sin.   Then He takes us out and hangs us up as a witness for the whole world to see.  We are on display and as the wind blows ie... (HOLY SPIRIT)  We are a raised banner that points toward Christ.  

I love those old pictures in my mind... They remind me that God was in everyone of them.  Kinda like where's Waldo.  Can you see God in the pictures of your mind?  Shaping you squeezing you making you look like His Son!