Tuesday, March 24, 2015


DIRT...BE GONE
“Our house is clean enough to be healthy, and dirty enough to be happy.” ~Author Unknown
My theory is the same as Unknown’s there. As long as it’s my family’s dirt. Because as everyone knows, your own dirt isn’t that dirty. It’s not that germy. You might be able to write a letter in your dusty tabletops, but hey—it’s your dust.
But that philosophy goes out the (it better be clean!) window when you rent a hotel room. We always stay with a pretty nice chain, but other people’s dirt? Rooms aren’t sandblasted, fumigated and sterilized after each customer, I know, but still. Ewww. Other people’s dirt is so...so...so dirty! I don’t want to see it. I want it vacuumed up, wiped off and—gone!
I always wear slippers, sandals or socks when walking on hotel room carpets ‘cause, well, you know. Recently I forgot, got out of bed and landed a bare foot into a spot of some sticky something on the floor. And it wasn’t my sticky. It creeped me out as I took some gummy, tacky little hopping adhesive steps all the way to the bathroom.
In the shower I was happily soaping off the remnants of the day when I noticed the water level creeping up my legs. The drain was not completely, but kind of, plugged. And included with the soapy water came a bit of black stuff. I don’t know what the drain dirt was, but this creeped me out, too. It wasn’t my black stuff! (Truth to tell, I wouldn’t have liked this in my own tub!, but still…)
I am so very thankful that Jesus doesn’t feel that way about dirt. After all, He never had any of His own. Of Christ Peter said, “Who committed no sin, nor was any deceit found in His mouth.” (I Peter 2:22)
And my dirt? My sin? The Lamb of God didn’t strive to avoid it. Because of His holiness He had to be repulsed by it, but He willingly embraced it—and took it upon Himself! On purpose! That day He died on the cross, He died and rose again for me and all my petty jealousy, my laziness, my meanness—every sticky, yucky, icky thing in me. “He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.” (2 Corinthians 5:21) Imagine that—righteousness in exchange for dirt! I could have done nothing less than accept what He did for me in cleaning me up, in His forever way. Because of Easter, I get to live in His happy, heavenly house for eternity! With no dirt anywhere!















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