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31…Overflowing

Good morning! Don’t you just love those days when you wake up and realize that you don’t have any set plans and you can just let the day flow? Well, my day did flow … right over the top of the toilet and onto the bathroom floor. Not exactly what I had in mind as I thought about my carefree day. This situation is what Alan called the “joys of homeownership.” This toilet issue wasn’t a major problem, just more of an inconvenience. Nothing that a trip to the hardware store wouldn’t fix. As I was attempting to stop this overflow, I broke the plunger. They just don’t make them like they used to. Either that, or it was an operator error. LOL I had to chuckle as I was mopping the floor because I was thinking about the irony of Alan calling it the “joy” of homeownership. But it actually makes a lot of sense when you think about it. Because you own it, you take joy in taking what’s broken and restoring it.

It’s the same way with our relationship with God. He is in the restoration business. Once we accept His gift of salvation, He takes our sins and forgives us; takes our emptiness and fills us; and takes our fears and replaces them with hope. In Psalm 23, David reminds us that our Great Shepherd provides all we need and that He not only protects us, but He is our constant companion. With that being so, my prayer is that our lives would overflow with all the blessings that the Lord has for us. May our cups runneth over!