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One day as I was praying in early December, I saw a picture in my mind of a toilet handle. As odd as it may sound, I thought that a lot about 2020 needed to be flushed and left behind us. That may sound strange to some, but I got the message – so I thought.

I took the picture above of a decorated toilet at a Christmas light show near where we live. It was about ten days after seeing the mental image of the handle. This toilet got my attention, so I went back to my journal and read the impressions I had received earlier. 

Most everyone I know experienced loss and pain in 2020. So, I assumed that was what needed to be flushed. The pain many of us endured will be with us for the rest of our lives. To some of us, it was just an inconvenience to – others – it was a loss of close friends and family members.

So what needs to be flushed if those memories cannot be erased?

I believe it is our false confidence we place in our ability to protect ourselves. As Americans we tend to live with a false sense of security. We trust in our prosperity and our government. While God is clearly showing us just how vulnerable we are.

We are called by God to live daily in total dependence on Jesus.

Jesus taught that the storms of life will hit us all. 

How do we endure what life throws at us? I can’t say it better than Jesus- build your life on him.

Matthew 7:24-27 ESV

“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”