Finally Washed Clean

My old life was me sitting in the tub, waiting to die.

That seems dramatic. And maybe to a lot of people who don’t have an old life, it is.

But I think there are a few of us who have been forgiven much, maybe much more than the average person.

I used to sit in warm water because water has always given me a sense of healing.

And when I think of my baptism, how that thrusted me forward into life with Christ, I think also how I was still suffering after the thrust, still dealing with depression and wondering why I was so broken when everyone else got to be so healed.

And it took me a long while to realize what a satanic lie that is.

Because the healing is an everyday thing, and sometimes you can’t even see it for the darkness that surrounds this world.

And that’s why renewing our minds is so important. It’s the remembering of what’s been true from before we were even born.

He has conquered all. He will come again. We are finally washed clean.