As is my practice, I rinsed off the lunch dishes and placed them in the dishwasher. What I did not notice was that there was water standing on the tops of the cups.
In a few minutes I heard my husband emptying the dishwasher. OH No, I exclaimed. I just put some dirty dishes in there.
He protested, “Well it is too late now because I am almost done putting them away.”
It is just the two of us living here, and when something like this happens you just make the best of it. If we were out camping who knows how those dishes might have been washed. Perhaps they might have even been washed in cold water or only rinsed at best.
As I reflected on this incident I was reminded when Jesus said “He that is washed doesn’t need to wash again only to wash his feet, because he is every bit clean.”
He meant that once we receive Jesus into our heart, we don’t need to get saved all over again. We are clean and each day as we follow the Lord he keeps us clean. It is only when we knowingly step into a place where “our feet get dirty” that we need to repent and get our feet washed so to speak. Jesus also said in another place that “You are clean through the Word which I have spoken unto you.”
That is why it is important to read our Bible daily because it is the word of God that washes over us and keeps us clean.
So next time I rinse the dishes, and start to place them in the dishwasher I will pay better attention to see if there is water standing on top of the cups.
Thank you for allowing me to make a joyful noise today.
In a few minutes I heard my husband emptying the dishwasher. OH No, I exclaimed. I just put some dirty dishes in there.
He protested, “Well it is too late now because I am almost done putting them away.”
It is just the two of us living here, and when something like this happens you just make the best of it. If we were out camping who knows how those dishes might have been washed. Perhaps they might have even been washed in cold water or only rinsed at best.
As I reflected on this incident I was reminded when Jesus said “He that is washed doesn’t need to wash again only to wash his feet, because he is every bit clean.”
He meant that once we receive Jesus into our heart, we don’t need to get saved all over again. We are clean and each day as we follow the Lord he keeps us clean. It is only when we knowingly step into a place where “our feet get dirty” that we need to repent and get our feet washed so to speak. Jesus also said in another place that “You are clean through the Word which I have spoken unto you.”
That is why it is important to read our Bible daily because it is the word of God that washes over us and keeps us clean.
So next time I rinse the dishes, and start to place them in the dishwasher I will pay better attention to see if there is water standing on top of the cups.
Thank you for allowing me to make a joyful noise today.
1 comment:
Praise God for His word, we are cleaned up by it! Great word, Hazel.
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