Praying Your Slate Clean

A 12-Step devotion for today talks about how hard it is to read a message on a chalkboard that is nearly white with old chalk. But when you clean it with water, you can the see the writeen messages clearly again. The author goes on to compare that with erasing anxieties from one's mind so you can see clearer the fresher inspiration that you come up with for a healthier mind set.

Isn't this what happens when we pray? We give over our worries to God for Him to take care of and He washes our mind clean with each confession so we are better able to see the Spirit-inspired thoughts that will guide us in our lives.

My prayer today is for an extra-thorough cleansing of my mind, beginning with an extra-thorough effort at exposing the dinginess in my brain for the Lord to clean it out.