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painting over the cracks---or not....

   So as I was giving our backdoor a new coat of paint it reminded me of how some Christians are. You see, our dog has scratched off quite a bit of the paint and it looked absolutely terrible.  Well, to me it looked terrible and thought it was time to cover up those scratch marks that he had left.  He likes to come inside when it is storming and rightly so because I do not like to be outside when it is lightning either.  However, due to the excitement of the storm, the scratch marks were left there as a reminder of when he wanted to com inside.nd
    Eventually we moved him away from the door because I grow my own herbs.  Fred was knocking them over and knocking the bricks over as well.  It became irritating so we moved him.  He still wants near the door to make more scratches but I will not let him.  He will just keep scratching off the new coat of paint.  That is the thought for this blog post.  Do we really remove our sins completely or do we just add a new coat of paint to try and cover up the scuff marks.
    It is totally a rhetorical question and to be answered silently, but it must be take thought of and seriously.  There is nothing more ugly than putting on a new coat of paint with out completely scratching off the old scars.  Those are guidelines that every painter must follow.  Painters also use a tape to help them stay in line.  It is kind of like coloring, you should stay in the lines or the picture will not look as pretty.
   Of course, family and friends will tell us we did well, but the truth is in the coat of paint.  It is very important that we examine ourselves inside and outside.  We must not try to hide any sin because it will eventually show through and we will be embarrassed, much like our finished craft project.  If we do not properly sand, the old scratches will show through no matter how much paint we apply.  It is embarassing to have painted all day long and still have rough spots staring at us.  After all we did take on the project to make it look better so we must follow all the steps accordingly.
    God knows when we are sincere or not.  He just wants us to be responsible and take time to be holy as we should want to do anyway. We want to look our best, right?  So that means we must take care of ourselves spiritually and physically or the rough spots, called sin, will eventually make their way to the surface.  Whatever is in our hearts will sooner or later take and adventure out of our mouths.  So we" need to be careful what our eyes see and our ears hear.  That way we can be ready to respond in the correct way.    #22q#beblessed

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