The Buried

There is a rule at our house that we and all guests must follow:   everyone must wear shoes at all times outside.   We live in a windy and dry place.  Rain is rare and when it comes it is often a deluge.   The homestead on which we live is also a little over 100 years old.   When the rain and the winds come, there is unearthed a plethora of history. 

There will appear from under the ground items that have been buried for who knows how long.  We have huge chains, metal dinner plates, glass bottles, license plates, washers and tools, dipsticks, wheels, and many, many more treasures that have appeared from below.    There is even a buried car in the field.  The boys excavated a portion of it—it is an ongoing dig.
 
About every month or so, and more often where there is some rain or a wind storm, we must walk the dogs’ yard and pick up pieces of things that might hurt them.   We typically will use a Frisbee upside down as a plate to hold the pieces and will collect one or two frisbees full of glass and metal pieces.    Obviously the previous owners through the years used the land as their own garbage disposal facility.   That is all good when the dirt stays as a cover.   When the rain or wind moves the dirt, the unexposed becomes exposed and can become dangerous.

I suppose it is much like the junk and the sins in our lives.   We like to clean them out from time to time, but we often just seem to chunk them out back and hide them out of sight.   When the storms of life come, those jagged pieces and broken chains and rusty sharp objects poke their heads up out of their slumbering spot and what was unnoticed becomes painful.  

We must sweep the yard--- look for the junk and get it out of there.  No more hiding it.  No more pretending that it will never be found or that it will never be exposed.   All things (all deeds) come to light when they are in the presence of the Holy God.    We must have Jesus do the yard sweep.  He will haul it all away as far away as the east is from the west when we confess and repent.   We need only to let Him deal with it for good, instead of us hiding it thinking it will remain hidden.

 

   Luke 12:2  “There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made  known.”

Hebrews 4:13  “Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight.  Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.”