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It’s Gone!  Get Over It!”

About three weeks ago, I cut back, trimmed, “butchered,” and possibly even “massacred” the honeysuckle growing in the back yard at home.  The honeysuckle was growing on the trellis and/or pergola that we have next to our small shed.  I had to cut it back because it was only green at the very top.  The rest of it was dead and brown.  However, the hummingbirds loved coming to the honeysuckle every day to get nectar from the flowers.  Here is what it looks like today.

Those of you looking at this online could probably blow it up to see a few green leaves on either side.  Before my work, however, you couldn’t even see any wood at all, and the green leaves were about two feet above the top boards you see now. 

Since cutting this down, I still have hummingbirds showing up flying all around the area looking for honeysuckle.  Then they go to some of our other flowers in the backyard to find nectar.  They keep looking for it, but it is gone.  The other day, I saw one hovering and looking for honeysuckle nectar, and I said out loud, “It’s gone. Get over it!”

The same could be said for summer vacation.  The same could be said for my sin.  The same could be said for the sins of everyone relying on Jesus for His gift of forgiveness.  I am actually very thankful that we’ve begun another school year.  I’m thankful my honeysuckle is gone for now, but it will be back.  I’m thankful my summer vacation is gone for now, but it will be back.  I’m thankful my sins are gone (forgiven) forever because of Jesus!

Family Discussion Points!

Summer vacation is gone since we’ve started school.  Talk about the best parts of your summer vacation.

Share a story of when something you owned was lost, destroyed, etc. and gone forever.  How did you “get over it?”

Jesus takes away all our sins.  They are gone because of His death and resurrection.  How does this truth make you feel about His love for you?  It might be hard to “get over” how much He loves you!!