Reflections From Sunday Evening

Well that was a mess. I just reached for something and knocked over a glass of water. It was not full. It really wasn’t full after I knocked it over. It was just a little water. But a little water affected a Bible, a book, a phone, a table, a chair, a picture, a coaster, and the floor.
Water wiped up. Everything works. The book may look a little funny but still usable. It was a little mess that touched more than you would think.
It made me think. We can make a mess with things we say. Words affect people in ways we would not anticipate.
Our denominational struggles over human sexuality is a mess - that affects many people in ways we cannot fully grasp.
Churches become a mess over many things and the Christian witness is stained.
You can think of messes you have created, contributed to or been affected by. Messes.
So we clean up. Cindy helped me clean up. After all it was her stuff that was affected. (She has actually cleaned up lots of messes for me, but that is another story.)
I won’t liken knocking over a glass of water to the sin nature and the sins that affect all of us,...but sin is a mess and creates a mess.
It requires a thorough clean up to put things back in order.
We clean up through repentance and faith.
We clean up by making amends.
We clean up through reconciliation.
But our efforts fall short. It is only through Jesus Christ we know the true and full answer for our mess.
It’s been a good day. I hope you’ve had a good day too.
Steve