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#65 from Harold's file . . .
The Sponges
There are 5 sponges laying on your kitchen counter
top. Each member of your family has been cleaning up different areas of your
home, but all the sponges look the same. You are curious as to what was cleaned
in your home, but you can't tell by looking...they all look the same...so what
do you do?
You squeeze each sponge to see what comes out. As
you squeeze the first sponge, you see that cola comes out, and so you decide
that someone cleaned the kitchen with that one.
Upon squeezing the second sponge, you find tub and
tile cleaner - that one was used to clean the bathroom.
Next, in the third sponge, you find motor oil -
hubby was cleaning the garage!
In the fourth sponge, baby powder puffs out when it
is squeezed - yep, the baby's nursery was done with that one!
And finally, in the last one, is floor wax - that
was the one you used on the hall floor!
As you lay the last one down, you look again at
their similarity - and they all look the same until they're squeezed. Christians
are the same way. As life squeezes us, different things come out - anger from
one, a need for revenge from another, tears from one, remorse from yet another -
also greed, untruth, lust - and finally, from one saint, pours forth the love of
Christ.
Just like the sponge, we can only squeeze out what
is put in - stay in the Word daily, and be in continuous prayer, so that when
life puts the squeeze on you (and it WILL), Jesus, and Jesus ALONE will shine
forth from you!
Have a blessed, squeaky clean day!
--Author Unknown
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