Have you ever smelled milk gone bad… and kept smelling it for a while afterward? Have you been eating and got ketchup on your shirt… and the stain will just not go away? If you’ve had either experience, consider this…
Sin leaves a residue with everything it comes in contact with. It lingers… sometimes for the rest of our life.
A careless word spoken at the wrong time leaves a stain… a bad smell. A harsh look leaves a stain… a bad smell. Not forgiving another leaves a stain… a bad smell. Treating another person in a mean manner leaves a stain… a bad smell. There are many ways to leave a stain in other people’s life. There are many ways we can leave people with a bad smell once we leave them.
I’ve left my share of messes in this world. Some are harder to clean than others–some impossible. Only by God’s grace can we have any confidence that our sin stains are washed away. Praise Him for that. If it were not for that, I don’t know how I would cope.
I smell what you are step’n in….
That’s happens every time I follow your footsteps…