Stubborn stains
Stubborn stains
Have you ever had the experience of feeling so frustrated with stains that seemed irremovable - and the more you focused on them, the more upset you become? Well, it could be stains on some pots and pans ... it could be stains on your favourite piece of clothings ... it could be stains on your teeth (SMILE!) ... it could be stain marks caused by some ink on your fingers, etc.
I was trying very hard to remove the nail polish on my fingers and toes - the ones I did when I was in Phuket. The more I looked at it, the more "yarky" I feel - the coat was really rough and the polish was far from smooth and shiny, and of course not to mention the "mismatching" color I chose, which actually was the "best" within their limited selection that matched my complexion. Anyway, I decided to have it remove before my fingers and toes "died" from lack of oxygen and begin to turn yellowish. Well, not being someone who had the habit of painting my nails, I don't have the nail polish remover within reach, hence I had to make a special trip to purchase it. According to the salesgirl, the nail polish remover she recommended me was C&G (cheap and good) and since it was the last bottle, I just grabbed it.
Now, guess what? I had a hard time removing all the nail polish from my nails - I think it took me 10 minutes just to do the removing of the coat from both my fingers and toes - which I considered to be very long. Usually, a good remover would do the work fairly quickly (at least from my previous experience some time back =) It began to dawn on me that either the remover was not of as good quality as it was recommended to me, or that the coat on my nails were so stubborn that it refused to "budge". I was reminded then that the sins in our life are just like the stubborn coat of polish on my nails - and to counter the stubbornness, we need a good, quality remover - the blood of our Lord Jesus.
Our sins can be so stubborn that it can stick with us, making us frustrated ... making us upset ... making us guilty. The good news is that we don't have to carry on feeling this way because the Lord has provided us with a stain remover - check it out from Isaiah 1:18, Heb 9:14 & 1 John 1:7 if you don't believe me.
"Come now, let us reason together," says the LORD. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool." Isaiah 1:18
God has provided the cleansing agent, take it and believe in its power!
Have you ever had the experience of feeling so frustrated with stains that seemed irremovable - and the more you focused on them, the more upset you become? Well, it could be stains on some pots and pans ... it could be stains on your favourite piece of clothings ... it could be stains on your teeth (SMILE!) ... it could be stain marks caused by some ink on your fingers, etc.
I was trying very hard to remove the nail polish on my fingers and toes - the ones I did when I was in Phuket. The more I looked at it, the more "yarky" I feel - the coat was really rough and the polish was far from smooth and shiny, and of course not to mention the "mismatching" color I chose, which actually was the "best" within their limited selection that matched my complexion. Anyway, I decided to have it remove before my fingers and toes "died" from lack of oxygen and begin to turn yellowish. Well, not being someone who had the habit of painting my nails, I don't have the nail polish remover within reach, hence I had to make a special trip to purchase it. According to the salesgirl, the nail polish remover she recommended me was C&G (cheap and good) and since it was the last bottle, I just grabbed it.
Now, guess what? I had a hard time removing all the nail polish from my nails - I think it took me 10 minutes just to do the removing of the coat from both my fingers and toes - which I considered to be very long. Usually, a good remover would do the work fairly quickly (at least from my previous experience some time back =) It began to dawn on me that either the remover was not of as good quality as it was recommended to me, or that the coat on my nails were so stubborn that it refused to "budge". I was reminded then that the sins in our life are just like the stubborn coat of polish on my nails - and to counter the stubbornness, we need a good, quality remover - the blood of our Lord Jesus.
Our sins can be so stubborn that it can stick with us, making us frustrated ... making us upset ... making us guilty. The good news is that we don't have to carry on feeling this way because the Lord has provided us with a stain remover - check it out from Isaiah 1:18, Heb 9:14 & 1 John 1:7 if you don't believe me.
"Come now, let us reason together," says the LORD. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool." Isaiah 1:18
God has provided the cleansing agent, take it and believe in its power!
Comments
The cleansing power of the Lord certainly makes us whole again and helps us to walk closer to Him.
There is Power at the Cross and we were the reason for it.
By the way, I did think that the
colors on your nails were yarky and cheep cheep!!!
:)
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