Validation (Thought-Provoking Thursday)

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This week, I am back on track.  No more take out pizza.  I will eat lettuce and veggies and chicken.  Yes, I will.

After putting together an impressive salad bowl for dinner, I reached into the fridge looking for my favorite salad dressing.

I pulled out all the bottles of half-empty vinaigrette, lined them up on the kitchen counter, put on my reading glasses, and started looking for the expiration date on each one.

One by one, the bottles got discarded in the trash bin as my husband groaned.  He is not a big believer in expiration dates.  He’ll eat anything that isn’t moldy green.

I must admit that some days I feel like an outdated dressing.  I wonder if I missed my window — the one where I pour out and add flavor and zest to the feast.   Maybe I sat on the shelf too long, and now I am spoiled.

Have you ever felt like that?

Tonight, I was reading in the Psalms, and God reminded me that He is not a big believer in expiration dates.

Open up before God, keep nothing back;

    He’ll do whatever needs to be done:

He’ll validate your life in the clear light of day

    and stamp you with approval at high noon.

Psalms 37:5-6, MSG

Don’t let this world tell you that you are no longer effective.  God’s mark is on you.  Keep pouring yourself out.

Something to think about…

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