Often I am approached by my youngest children and asked to smell their hands. They stand before me with a dripping wet shirt, and a big smile and I at once know that I need to buy more soap. They are so excited to have clean hands. As I smelled my daughter's sweet peppermint hands this morning I was at once struck by the thought of spiritual cleanliness. In this season of celebrating the Savior's birth we can not help but look to his death. For that is the ultimate reason God the Father sent Him to earth.
We took our children to visit a local church that was offering a Journey Thru Bethlehem to the public. It was amazing and I watched the delight of it all play on my children's faces. But we came to the scene of the cross. The women knelt at the foot and wept, Jesus breathed His last breath, and declared " it is finished," and tears filled my eyes as I heard the soldier whisper, "truly this was the Son of God." At that moment my thoughts were of the horrific death this soldier had been a part of creating and yet at the moment of death he truly believed, and his belief cleansed him.
We are filth, cleansed only by the shed blood of Christ. I can not imagine having to carry around my faults, my failure, my wrong actions and attitudes, my sinfulness.... I stood there that night and my heart overflowed with thanksgiving and awe at the sacrifice my Lord provided for me the most unworthy of all. Because of him there is joy and freshness. A cleanliness that no other could provide.
" For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." Romans 3:23
" Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved." Acts 16:31
Heavenly Father,
Thank for that day so long ago when you sent Your one and only Son into this wretched world to allow forgiveness for all. Thank you for the sacrifice of His life and His shed blood that enable us to know you in a personal way and call you our heavenly Father. we can not ever fully comprehend how you could have given so much for us. We know our sin and see our filth and acknowledge that we do not deserve the gift You offer. That You Lord for loving us and paying our sin debt so that we might have life everlasting with You. Amen
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