"Come now, and let us reason together, says the Lord. Though your sins are like
scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they
shall be like wool." (Isa 1:18) AMP
It’s absolutely amazing! You punch a button and wait for 3 hours, and the
greasy, blackened oven is miraculously—clean!
If only I could do the same with my dog . . . But no. This blond Golden
Retriever seems to have some kind of an affiliation with mud. Ten minutes out of
the bathtub, and she’s running in the next muddy ditch, rolling in the dirty
water gathered under the deck, or tussling with the filthy dog next door! Thirty
minutes of hard work gone in just 30 seconds! There’s nothing to do but throw
her back in the shower!
Or . . .
What would happen if I just left her dirty?
Highly frustrate one day by my “chocolate” retriever, I decided to just ignore
it. When she came in filthy, I put her in her crate. I was going out anyway and
didn’t have time to deal with her mud!
It was absolutely amazing. When I came back home several hours later, my
chocolate dog was once again blond! I had no idea how it happened, but there she
was, back to her original color!
I decided to test this out. The next time she got muddy, I didn’t rush her
straight to the shower. Instead, I left her chained to the deck to dry, and sure
enough, two hours later, she was blond again.
Okay. So it worked with mud. What about other sources of dirt? The last time we
took her camping with us, she took refuge under the trailer and came out with a
grease mark across the top of her head. Besides having no idea just HOW to
remove grease from a dog’s head, we were miles from a tub or shower suitable to
bathe her in. I had no choice. I just left it, and I promptly forgot about it.
Two days later, as we were packing for our return home, my husband asked where
the grease mark went. Amazingly enough, it was gone! I had no idea how she did
it, but somehow she had managed to get the grease stain off the top of her head!
It seems that my wish is granted. I do, indeed, have a “self-cleaning” dog!
The Bible tells us that when we accept Jesus into our hearts, he puts our sins
as far away from Him as the east is from the west. Where our sins were once as
scarlet, now we are white as snow (Is. 1:18), and where our own righteousness
was once as filthy rags (Is. 64:6), now we were dressed in Jesus’ white robe of
righteousness (Is. 61:10)! In God’s eyes, it is like we were never touched with
the stains and grime of sin. Once covered by the blood of Jesus, we
become—“self-cleaning”!
Would you like to be clean of the muck and grime of sin? Just push the
“self-clean” button by surrendering your life to Jesus! It’s as simple as
cleaning your oven or cleaning my dog!
What about it friends?
In His love,
Lyn Chaffart
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