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| Smiling? While washing windows? photo from Wikimedia |
I love looking out on the world
through sparkling clean windows. But I have yet to discover the secret to
streak-free glass. Which is why I only wash them when I am moving. (I'm not
kidding!)
No matter what I use--vinegar,
ammonia, Windex, Glass Plus, newspapers, paper towels, old t-shirts, or plain
old elbow grease--they all leave behind messy smears and particles of lint. To
top it off, if it rains the next day, the windows look like I did
nothing--hours and hours of work undone in just moments!
Isn't that how it is with sin? No
matter how hard we try, there are always streaks of selfishness and particles
of pride marring our lives. However, in Colossians 1:22 Paul shares God's
secret to washing away sin:
By means of the physical death of his Son, Jesus, God has made
you his friends, in order to bring you, holy, pure, and faultless, into his
presence.
1 John 1:7 confirms it:
The blood
of Jesus, God's Son, purifies us from every sin.
Unlike the
plethora of products and recommendations for cleaning windows, Jesus' sacrifice
on the cross is the only secret to being cleansed from all sin. For many years
I thought it was something I earned by my own diligent, but ineffective
efforts. Thankfully, God showed me Ephesians 2:8-9:
For it is by God's grace that you
have been saved through faith.
It is not the result of your own
efforts,
but God's gift, so that no one can
boast about it.
Have you found God's secret to a clean
heart?
Pam
©2013 Pamela D. Williams