Scrubbing

Although my mother was domestically challenged, she was very clean and saw to it that things were always in order and well-kept.  I must have been about eleven or twelve years old when I was thoroughly instructed in the way to scrub and clean a bathroom and then I was turned loose.  I received 50 cents for a full bath and 25 cents for a half-bath.  It was a good wage and I earned it by doing good work.

There is something cathartic about cleaning a bathroom.  The same can be said about the way God gives us His Spirit to scrub and clean our lives.  He does His part and we do ours by confessing our sins to God and, at times, to one another.

The Scriptures say. “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”  [I John 1:9]

Be sure to take advantage of God’s offer to become clean!

Christopher

The Rev. Christopher P. Leighton

Rector