GOD THE GARBAGE-PICKER, RECYCLING TRASH
You have seen it – homeless people going through dumpsters. I have seen PBS shows on third world countries that have whole people groups that make a living by scavenging through garbage dumps. They are truly desperate. The trash is their treasure.
We
throw it all away. “… not used it in a
year … likely never will …” was by dear dad’s motto. This culminated in an annual bonfire! Me?
I have been called a “hoarder”, “messy”, “obsessive-compulsive-possessive”
… My motto is more like this: “… never know when you might need any of
those bolts or pipe fittings or …” that I pick up at work off the floor and
fill my pockets like some 5-yr-old kid. “Besides,
they’re SS – they’re valuable!”
(Actually, daddy had home-made bolt bins that were in his “estate” when
he passed. They were full of every,
imaginable, pulp-mill, discarded hardware!
But, that was HIS stuff. Funny
how we toss other’s stuff more quickly?!
But, I kept his, much to my wife’s chagrin.)
My
godly grandson, Daniel, truly believes in recycling – candy and gum discarded
by a diet-conscious mom. While dialing
911, in desperation and panic created by Daniel going missing, his mother noticed
two little feet underneath the coffee table, which was laughing and giggling;
or, there was a missing child under it?!
He would not answer her distressed pleas because his mouth was full of “garbage”
and he knew she did not value recycling as much as he did. (Sarah does love thrift stores and yard
sales, though.)
Our
Heavenly Father collects junk and discards and throw-aways. There is another one who is only too quick to
garbage-can any and all of it. But, He
keeps garbage picking! God throws open
the dumpster lid, carefully removing broken pottery and ruined refuse, smiling
as He plans and envisions repair and recycling!
He mutters to himself, “This can still be …”
Do you
know how much God treasures you?! He is
like a kid secretly enjoying rescued candy.
You are the M&M’s! He is like
a housewife stopping at a yard sale. You
are the knick-knack that He just has to have.
He is like a hoarder picking up a discarded pipe elbow that has lots of
possibilities. You are that part waiting
to be polished and put back into service.
And, yet, how much do we value trash and garbage? God values each and every one of us! He sees himself as a treasure hunter! Maybe we should sing, “Recycle me, Lord …”?!
(to the tune of “Revive Us Again”?!)
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