Muck It!

What? Muck it?

Yes! Muck it!

"Muck it" or "Mucking" is a term used for removing the bodily waste of animals from an area.

There are certainly times in our lives when we need to muck it. We need to get rid of the waste that is filling an area of our lives and is no longer doing any good. However, it should be noted that the "muck" can actually be used to grow beautiful things.

I recently realized that I had allowed the muck to get pretty deep in one particular area of my life. It was something from the past that basically festered into something it should not have been, at least in my mind. But looking at it now, I am more inclined to think that God intended it to be that way for a reason. So I could go through the motions of mucking it.

So over the course of the last several months I have been mucking it, ever so slowly. Just shoveling away at the depth and high level of muck that was beginning to cloud my vision. But I feel that I have come to the end of this particular pile of muck and have thrown the last shovel full away. What I have found under all that muck is nothing but beauty. God's amazing love and life lessons that could not have been grown or found had the muck not been there all along.

I am thankful for the beauty and the freedom that has been found in the end. I am also thankful for the life lessons that came along with it. Sometimes we need to experience the muck to be able to fully appreciate and be passionate about the non-muck...and to ensure that we never create the muck for someone else. It must be noted, however, that in order to get to this point, I had to go through the muck.

So the next time you are feeling like things are heavy, dark and just plain stink...just remember to muck it! It's all in God's plan! :-)