Dirty white curtain or cleaned daily? 1 Thessa 5:10-18

Dirty white curtain or cleaned daily? 1 Thessa 5:10-18

Good morning dear friends! God is good all the time, all the time God is good.  TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED!
  We travel through life, we travel through this world, and how often do we look around and really see.  Looking out the window this morning I saw the sun rise, slowly, dutifully, from below the horizon to take its position about the horizon, slowly continuing in an upward direction.  Did this "just happen" or was it created by a super power?  We know, from the Bible, that...."....in the beginning....".  
   But sometimes we get so caught up in the everyday goings on that we forget the beauty around us, we forget our purpose here on earth, and we jump back into the ruts where many has trod before us.
   If you will hang a clean bright white curtain outside, on a clothesline, between trees, or wherever and leave it for....oh...say a week, what happens?  Yes, the elements of the world collect on it, making it soiled and instead of clean white, it now takes on a dull white hue.  If we don't pay attention to it, it will appear to be as clean as the day we put it out.  It is not and needs to be cleaned.
    Is this not how our Christian life goes many times?  We are clean bright white from sins through the blood of Jesus; then we hang out in the world for a while and the dirty elements of the world collect. We find ourselves becoming further away from the clean bright white that Jesus made us through His sacrifice.  We enjoy dirty or "shady" jokes/stories; words are spewed from our mouth that are not clean, not encouraging, not Christlike.  So what do we need to do?
   It is time to be cleaned, renew the bright white hue cast forth for others to see.  And how do I do this? Very simple!  Just take it to God, this is the first day of the new year 2014 and we know not what is to come; we know not what to prepare for; but we need not look back in our rearview mirror and fret, but learn from past and create a better future.  Go forth, working together, rejoice always, pray without ceasing.  Here is the scripture.

   1 Thessalonians 5:10-18  New King James Version (NKJV)

^(Jesus)10 who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him.
¹¹ Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing.
¹² And we urge you, brethren, to recognize those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord and admonish you, 
¹³ and to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. Be at peace among yourselves.
¹⁴ Now we exhort you, brethren, warn those who are unruly, comfort the fainthearted, uphold the weak, be patient with all. ¹⁵ See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good both for yourselves and for all.
¹⁶ Rejoice always, ¹⁷ pray without ceasing, ¹⁸ in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
    Love you all.  
In Christ's Love and Grace
Johnny