Twelve days at the beach in June were relaxing, so much so that Monieca and I’ve actually enjoyed spending a few days of our vacation this month at home.  Normally vacation days at home feel like wasted days off – not this year.  While home we’ve caught up on some projects we had put off.  Fun things like cleaning the vinyl siding and fence, cleaning and sealing the deck, installing a new mail box and post, organizing some storage areas, and more.

I even got out the pressure washer and – wow!  Once you start, where do you stop?  The sidewalk and front steps now look amazing.  I knew they dirty and needed cleaning – but wow!  Now the driveway looks “bad” in comparison.

It’s amazing how fresh things look after a good cleaning.  They look new.

Isn’t that also true of us when we come to Jesus in repentance and receive God’s forgiveness for our sins?  I would say that cleansing is even more amazing.

I really like these Bible verses:

Pslam 51:2 “Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin”

I John 1:9 “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness”

Pslam 51:7 “Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow”