The weather has been getting nicer around here. The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, and I can see blossoms and flowers popping up on the trees and from the ground. The sun feels fabulous on my skin after long months of cold and snow.

Spring Cleaning

As most people do this time of the year, I decided to do a little spring cleaning around my home. One of the areas that have been neglected throughout the winter months are the windows. So I set about to get those windows sparkling clean. I squirted and scrubbed and cleaned for hours. They looked lovely when I was finished.

Windows Help to Choose the Right

I sat there for a bit after I washed the window (partly to relax because I was so exhausted) to just stare out my very clean windows. I looked at the trees outside and the gorgeous blue sky and my mind wandered to repentance and the chance to become clean.

Just like my windows, we all have the opportunity to scrub and clean the “winter” gunk from our souls. We can make the choice to clean up our lives and to get our souls sparkling clean. No matter how hard we try to choose the right, wrongs do come into our lives. Thankfully, we can right those wrongs and get back on track with our lives and with our Heavenly Father.

Julie deAzevedo wrote a beautiful song about windows and becoming clean. The words to her song “Window to His Love” echoed my thoughts about my cleaning adventure.

“I want to be a window to His love. So when you look at me, you will see Him. I want to be so clean and pure, that you won’t notice me at all. But through my open door, you will see Him. A window to His love. A doorway to the truth. A bearer of the message He’d have me bring to you. I want to be so pure and clear that you won’t even know I’m here, ’cause His love will shine brightly through me.”

Becoming Clean

As I reflected on choosing the right and repentance, I realized I do want to be as clean and a sparkly as my freshly washed windows. I will do better to choose the right. I will try a little harder to be a little better.

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