So…I’m in my study one day, having some quiet time, when outside my window I see a cesspool truck, aka, the ‘honeywagon’.

It’s laboring under a heavy load. I wonder where they are going to dump all that …stuff? Is there a gigantic toilet somewhere? Surely they aren’t going to dump it into the river, are they? I’m sure some of you know where it all goes, and most likely I’ll hear from you. So thank you in advance.

It brought to mind a Bible verse – funny how that works. Psalm 103:12: “As far as the east is from the west, that’s how far God removes our sin from us.”  So maybe the truck’s final destination is China? Anyway, whatever happens in our lives, God removes sin  – its stain, its smell, and its shame from us…takes it away….far away…it’s gone….outta here.

And once God forgives, he does not remember our sins (we could all take a lesson from that). “Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more” (Hebrews 10:17). This isn’t a license to sin –  this is the Good News of God’s desire to make us brand new… every day brand new. We are then free to love God without wondering if he is thinking of us in any way other than as his beloved son or daughter. Remember, as Paul once wrote in 1Corinthians 13, ‘Love keeps no record of wrong.’

So off goes the honeywagon. Good riddance.

Grace in the Wilderness. 2009 redux.