My son spilled my full cup of coffee on our carpet one day, I tried getting up what I could when it happened but I didnt have any carpet cleaner. A few days passed and I began trying to clean the stain. I presoaked, brushed, scrubbed, dabbed it with cloth, soaked it again, scrubbed, brushed, dabbed it with a cloth, and then I vacuumed it up. I waited on it to dry and noticed I could still see the stain, but it was only visible to me. I knew what I was looking for, I knew where to look for that coffee stain and my eyes could point it out immediately. My husband came home and I asked him to point out the coffee stain; he wasn’t able to find it as well as I could. 

All of this to say…..

Our sins can be compared to this carpet stain. When we sin (for me anger is my biggest) our hearts get stained. It takes us being willing to allow God to come in and clean it up. Sometimes the way He needs to clean it can take time and even more work than you originally thought it would take. Sometimes the cleanup process can even be painful (my arms got sore from scrubbing) but it’s the end result that we should try to focus on. 

I knew I wanted my carpet clean, just like I know I want my heart clean. I want to rid anger in my life therefore I need be prepared for the process. I need to remember the end result is worth going through the cleaning stage. The tougher the stain, the more work is needed to make it disappear. 

Sleeping Giant Arise.