It caught my eye as I drove by at 80 mph. Holding shop right next to the concrete barrier. Totally out of place. A front-loading washing machine. Upright. Ready for its first customer.

In the OT people who are given specials jobs by God often had a cool birth story.

“If you were here helping us you wouldn’t need to be out walking.” So said one of the roofers in the neighborhood (someone I knew).

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I asked for tonic water with lime on the plane. The flight attendant gave me a can of tonic water. (I was surprised I receive a whole can.) And a little packet of lime. Not real lime. At least not a lime from which one could squeeze the juice. Powdered crystalized granulated lime. Made from once alive lime.

Shame is different than guilt and so is the remedy. The new life in Jesus offers a life out of guilt and shame.