James 1:27
Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
(ESV)
I guess I am going to have to throw them away! My father-in-law had given me a nice pair of khaki cargo pants. It was one of my favorite pairs of pants. You know that kind of material that is extra soft. I was ironing them one Sunday morning a few weeks ago when there it was; right there on the last spot I had to iron… I big ink stain!
I have tried and tried to get that stain out over the past several weeks, but it will not come out. One thing is for sure, I am not going to wear clothes with a big stain on them! I have thrown away more clothes for this one reason than any other: STAINED.
What about our spiritual lives? What if we were as concerned about our spiritual lives being clean before the world as we are about our khaki pants? Just as I don’t ignore the stains that show up as I iron my Sunday clothes, I should not ignore the stains that show up as I allow the Holy Spirit to search my life. Praise the Lord that through repentance and the cleansing power of the blood of Christ, He is able to make us clean!
-BP
Psalm 139:23-24
Search me, O God, and know my heart:
Try me, and know my thoughts;
And see if there be any wicked way in me,
And lead me in the way everlasting.
(ASV)
Psalm 51:7
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
(ESV)
DPOD 