God cleans up our...ehem...messes

I am amazed that I ever wondered what God wanted from me.  Today, in my dotage, I seem to find more and more encouragement in his word.  The other day one of my grandchildren needed a diaper change but did not want to stop playing long enough to cooperate.  They were willing to run around with poop sticking to their hind parts; I was not.  Eventually we got the diaper changed, but I couldn’t help but smile inwardly, realizing how often I too had run from rather than ask him to help me clean up my mess.

“‘For here’s what I’m going to do: I’ll pour pure water over you and scrub you clean. I’ll give you a new heart, put a new spirit in you. I’ll remove the stone heart from your body and replace it with a heart that’s God-willed, not self-willed. I’ll put my Spirit in you and make it possible for you to do what I tell you and live by my commands. You’ll be my people! I’ll be your God!”

~ Ezekiel 36:24-28, The Message (some phrases removed for brevity)