“What a little stink bomb you are
Dickens!” Through the business of our recent move, my dog, Dickens, did not get
his weekly bath. He might have missed two. He didn’t seem to care. In fact, he prefers to stink. He considers
bath time an unpleasant event. After his bath he rubs himself all over the carpet
trying to remove the fragrance pleasing to his master.
One night he discovered he could
reach the garbage (no easy task for a handicapped dog). He found the trash in
its temporary box until we get more settled. He helped himself to a Banquet Pot
Pie paper bowl. He carried it over to me as if he planned on enjoying it like a
bone. He inadvertently flaunted it in
front of his disapproving master.
Despite his faults, I still love
Him. His greatest desire is to receive love and affection, as well as please
his master.
This reminded me of my
relationship with my Master. Even though
I am saved and desire love and affection from God, and even though I want to
please my Master, I still sin. In fact, I can find myself inadvertently
flaunting my sin before Him. I become a stink bomb in His eyes and must be
cleaned up. I find that an unpleasant
event.
Once Dickens is cleaned up and
pleasant to be around, our relationship is better. Despite my faults, God still loves me. Once
God cleans me up and our relationship is restored, life is good. God takes me from His little stink bomb, to a
Christian with a sweet fragrance.
“Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be
whiter than snow.” Psalm 51.7.
© copyright Kevin T Boekhoff
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