Get a Bowl Full

I am sometimes a lazy guy. Especially when it comes to cleaning and keeping things clean. I am just not very good at that. My messiness taught me an important lesson in my spiritual life. I like to eat food, those of you who know me well know this, but I don't like to always clean up after myself after I eat. This can cause quite the nasty mess. And so do you know what happens to ice cream after it is eaten and left out by the sink for a few days? It gets super sticky and is a beast to clean off. I have to scrub and scrub to get it clean. This is sometimes the way it is with us and sin. Unconfessed sin is like a sticky ice cream covered bowl. God can forgive us and make us clean in an instant but we need to go through the daily struggle of taking care of that sin and working towards keeping that part of our lives clean. James 5:16 a says, "Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed." So may we stop holding on to our sin and instead confess our weakness to others so the Father can restore us to what He wants us to be!