Clean Us

We have this coffeemaker that is my favorite coffeemaker ever. I want call brand names but we like this one because it has no carafe, which is one less thing to clean, but, more important, is that one less thing for the kids to pull off and hurt themselves, especially when they were younger.

Anyway, it is our favorite coffeemaker but, recently, it had gotten to where it wouldn't work correctly. It would get part way through the coffee-making process and quit pumping water. We would have to turn it off, wait several seconds, then, restart it. Eventually, it had gotten to a point that we would have to repeat this process three (3) or more times through the coffee-making cycle. Something had to be done.

Today's word is Psalm 51:2, KJV, which reads, "Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin."

We cannot hold on to any part of sin, and I am really talking to me today. It seems that we want forgiveness but we want to cling to "just a little piece of sin". But, we wouldn't want just one hair in our dessert. Why would we want just one little piece of sin? And, the only way to get rid of nasty things is to clean it. And, the only ONE capable of cleansing our sins is JESUS. If we want to be thoroughly clean, we must allow Him to cleanse us completely.

So, I pulled out the distilled vinegar and gave our coffeemaker a good cleaning. I cycled the vinegar and water mixture through a couple of times, then, flushed the coffeemaker with clean water several times. Guess what happened this morning? The coffeemaker performed just as it did when we first bought it - it had been cleansed. Just like our coffeemaker needed a cleansing, we all need JESUS to clean us.

Be Blessed,
Mickey T