SIN AS DIRTY GLASSES

      I can’t see.  Now, I’m now blind; things just aren’t as big as they as they used to be.  I hear this is very common.  My theory is that world is being over takin by leprechauns and their sole purpose is to trick us and to make us think that we’re getting old.  Yes, this is most definitely be a trick of the leprechauns!

      With that being said,  a couple of times a year I like to go to the Dollar Tree and stock up on reading glasses.  I spread them throughout the house so whenever I need my glasses, there’s always a pair in reach.

      The thing about glasses is they get dirty quickly, though we may not notice it.  My kids will periodically pick up my glasses and the response is always the same: “Mama, these are filthy.  How can you see out of them?” (And then they’ll actually clean them for me!)

      The truth is, my dirty glasses don’t bother me.  I don’t realize they’re dirty.  (However, I did stop as I was writing this and cleaned my glasses!) I allow myself to adapt, and my eyes have to strain more to see through the dirtiness, but I don’t realize this.

      Sin is a lot like a pair of dirty glasses.  It may start out as just a smudge:  I can tell this little white lie or I can dabble in this behavior and it’s no big deal. You do it more and more.  It may seem like no big deal; maybe no one get hurts our even knows, but God knows. 

      The more we sin, the harder it becomes to see that we are sinning.  The longer we allow our sin to go on, the more natural it becomes.  If I go back to my drinking days and hanging out in bars, it probably won’t too long before that becomes the norm in my life.  I’ll start to justify why I’m doing it and I’ll even believe that it’s OK. 

      That’s because my ability to see that I’m sinning had hinder me just as my ability to see becomes hindered when my glasses become dirty.  I probably won’t be able to see my sin until it’s pointed out to me, just like I can’t tell my glasses are dirty until one of    my kids points it out to me. 

      To get the most out of my glasses and to reclaim my vision; I have to clean them (or have them clean by my kids). Likewise, I need to clean my heart of sin.  It’s not always as easy as spraying Windex on a paper towel and wiping down my glasses.  To cleanse my heart of sin, I have to turn back God and allow Him to forgive and change me.  I have to be willing to give up that sin which has become second nature to me.  I cannot live in sin and see clearly what God has in store for me.    I have to be willing to let Christ’s blood cleanse me white as snow.