Cleanliness

Today is National No Dirty Dishes Day. We don't use a dishwasher at the house, not an automatic one anyway; Trish and I are the dishwashers at the house. We do, however, try to keep the dishes washed up. We try to keep the house clean, which is not always easy with a three-year-old and two-year-old, but we try.

We try to keep things clean not only because "Cleanliness is next to godliness" but because it reduces germs, helps us to find where we put things, and keeps old people (me) from tripping and breaking something vital, like anything. It's important to keep things clean, especially us...

Today's word is Psalm 51:10, ESV, which reads, "Create in me a clean heart, O GOD, and renew a right spirit within me."

It's important to keep the house clean. It's important to keep ourselves clean; those who don't bathe, WOW! But, it is more important that we keep our spirit clean. It is impossible to see things the way GOD wants us to see them if we are looking through dirty lenses. We need GOD to cleanse us from the inside out, to clean our hearts and create a right spirit within us. I am speaking doubly for myself.

So, in respect of National No Dirty Dishes Day, let's go home and clean the dishes. Then, let's commune with GOD and allow Him to clean our hearts.

Be Blessed,
Mickey T