Sunday, June 12, 2011
WHAT'S IN YOUR SPONGE?
Author Unknown
June 12, 2011
There are 5 sponges laying on your kitchen counter top. Each member of
your family has been cleaning up different areas of your home, but
all the sponges look the same. You are curious as to what was cleaned
in your home, but you can't tell by looking...they all look the
same....so what do you do?
You squeeze each sponge to see what comes out. As you squeeze the
first sponge, you see that cola comes out, and so you decide that
someone cleaned the kitchen with that one. Upon squeezing the second
sponge, you find tub and tile cleaner - that one was used to clean the
bathroom.
Next, in the third sponge, you find motor oil -- hubby was cleaning
the garage!
In the fourth sponge, baby powder puffs out when it is squeezed -- yep
the baby's nursery was done with that one!
And finally, in the last one, is floor wax -- that was the one you
used on the hall floor!
As you lay the last one down, you look again at their similarity - and
they all look the same until they're squeezed.
Christians are the same way. As life squeezes us, different things
come out - anger from one, a need for revenge from another, tears from
one, remorse from yet another - also greed, untruth, lust - and
finally, from one saint, pours forth the love of Christ.
Just like the sponge, we can only squeeze out what is put in - stay in
the Word daily, and be in continuous prayer, so that when life puts
the squeeze on you (and it WILL), Jesus, and Jesus ALONE will shine
forth from you!
Have a blessed, squeaky clean day!
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