Two of my volunteers cleaned my saddle for me this weekend. My saddle is 8 years old and well used, but after they had cleaned and oiled it it looked brand new! I took the cover off this morning to ride my horse and it made me happy to see it shining :)
But by the end of the day, after riding 5 horses in it, it had gotten gross again. Dirt from the girth I threw across the top of it each time I tacked up clung to the seat. Hair from all the shedding horses stuck to it in places. The usual spots showed scuff marks.
That seems to be how life goes. You clean stuff up only for it to get dirty again. It seems hopeless, but as humans that's what we are constantly trying to do, clean up our lives. It may work for a time, but it is never permanant.
Thankfully we have a God that has "cleaned us up" once and for all. Better yet he has made us brand new again. So although this life seems to wear on us and it doesn't seem like we ever have control of the mess, we have hope in the promise of eternity and a newness in Christ that won't fade away.
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