Throw Your Trash into Orbit or Something Even Better.
Posted: Sunday, September 20, 2009
by Marijo Phelps
We crossed from Minnesota into Canada. It took about five hours due to a very young border guard and his posturing. He didn't like the prescription that was housed in a box and labeled by the pharmacy at the hospital and sent a pill off to be analyzed. We waiting patiently, or not so, while pulled over to the side of the line.
From the border crossing on things went better. Canada was clean and beautiful. Each province had a theme and a place to dump your trash on the journey. This became a family affair as we watched a car pull into the "trash stop" ahead of us. After watching signs that said "you are now 2 miles away from being able to feed froggy", we saw two enthusiastic grade-school children get out and pitch bags full of drink cups and left over lunch wrappings into the frog's mouth.
The next province had trash containers which looked like a satellite and the slogan was "throw your trash into orbit". The signs told you how far it was to the next trash/rest stop. It was quite clever and looked like it was working well. This was a beautiful country.
Years later, I was reflecting on that beautiful Canada road trip. I sensed a question coming into my mind.
Do you have any trash you'd like to throw into orbit?
What?
Do you have any trash you'd like to get out of your life?
In thinking about this, I realized we have all done things which have broken God's heart. We have made choices which have hurt those closest to us and hurt ourselves. I began to think about promises which are ours for the asking.
Psalm 103:12
As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us. (NKJV)
Very interesting in that if you go far enough south you end up going north again, but you can go east forever and never end up going west. That is a long way away!
Romans 10:9
that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. (NKJV)
Acts 4:12
Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved." (NKJV)
HE has given us many priceless promises and we don't have to pay for them, Jesus already did. All we need to do is ASK. HE is never too busy to answer. HIS answer is always YES!
Today you can ask a question which will change your eternity. Is today the day you will ask God's forgiveness?
He promises to do something much, much better than tossing your "trash" into orbit. He promises "I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake; And I will not remember your sins." Isaiah 43:25 (NKJV)
I would ask you a question, how bad can it be to be on a first name basis with the creator of the universe? How wonderful can it be to be FREE and forgiven?
Will today be YOUR day? The choice is yours.
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Marijo Phelps,saved by Jesus grace in 1974, from 9 years atheism into His loving arms. She is wanting to spread the good news about His redemptive plan for our lives through written media. Her name is pronounced Mary Jo. She was an RN for 23+ years, missionary with YWAM,statistical analyst for Every Home for Christ 9 years. Her first poem published when she was four years old. (her mom had much to do with that!) She has been writing ever since.
Her new blog can be found: http://myincrediblelord.blogspot.com
Her new blog can be found: http://myincrediblelord.blogspot.com
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Top-level comments on this article: (6 total)Oh Marijo! do I have any trash that I want to throw into orbit?!? You really have to ask?:0 Thanks for the moving piece and the reminder that God is a forgiving God and takes away our trash with a snap of a finger! Thanks for sharing!Better and so much more complete than recycling! FREE is wonderful in Him! and the price tag is, well, FREE too - He paid that price -wow!MArijo
Excellent analogy Marijo.Thank you for this insightful and uplifting article, well-written to boot.Yes, how wonderful can it be to be free and forgiven. Everyday, I asked God for forgiveness.God bless.NenitaI do so appreciate your reading this and your comments, Nenita!Marijo
Good analogy, Marijo. Anytime I read your posts, I am given another opportunity to examine my life.Thanks Lorrie - need to work on another "pet" story but lately I have been doing devotional type stories and loving every minute of this! Marijo
What a great lesson! I am so glad you came to SearchWarp!I haven't had this much challenge and fun in ages! Thanks for reading this and for your consistant encouragement. Some of my pieces I wasn't even sure about sharing/writing (not this one) and then with maybe just one comment you realize that it encouraged, challenged or was the right scripture for someone else that day. Each time I re-read some of these "words" it challenges me and reminds me of the Lord's incredible faithfulness and builds my own faith - He just cannot help but give and give and give to us drawing us ever closer to Him! Why did I wait so long? Marijo
I read this one to my kids and we talked about it during our devotional time. Alot of great analogy and discussion factor available. Thank you for sharingYou are most welcome, thank's for reading it - not sure how old your kids are but you might enjoy a couple of fiction, short stories Melody for a Miracle, The Most Amazing Cat Toy (on sister site to SW My Pet Tales) and Where IS he? An Angelic View of a Baby's Birth - about Jesus' brith.... enjoy! Marijo
Sin is trash indeed. Even better is the fact that Heaven's trash collector charges no fees. Brilliant analogy, Marijo. ~mogama~Thanks for coming by and reading and your comments!
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