Sin Remover

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This morning, while waiting for my son's school bus to arrive, I began taking my nail polish off.  I was only on the second nail and it seemed like 10 minutes had gone by.  The school bus arrived and off to school the Prince went.  As I continued removing the nail polish, I said out loud "wow this is taking longer than I thought to remove."
God said, "that's just like sin".
Me: "Sir?"
God: "It's easy to sin because you were born in sin and shaped in iniquity.  But it's not easy to 'take sin off'.'  It's not just a quick 'say a prayer and I will forgive you'.  The same way you were determined to get ALL the nail polish off your nails, is the same way you have to be about removing ALL the sin in your life.  If you do a rush job, there's still a speck of polish here and there on your nails.  And many people are okay with that.  I'm not.  That's unacceptable to me.  You think it's okay because you're just going to polish over it anyway.  But you don't know what damage it may do to you in the long run.  
"That's how it is with unchecked sin.   You ask for forgiveness of Me but you don't repent.  You think because you asked the forgiveness, all is well.  It is not well.  Because there are things that still need to be dealt with that only I can completely remove."

 Psalm 51:1-2 (The Passion Translation)
God, give me mercy from your fountain of forgiveness!
    I know your abundant love is enough to wash away my guilt.
    Because your compassion is so great,
    take away this shameful guilt of sin.
    Forgive the full extent of my rebellious ways,
    and erase this deep stain on my conscience.

 Be Blessed

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