Thursday, September 21, 2006
WHAT'S IN YOUR SPONGE?
WHAT'S IN YOUR SPONGE?
Author Unknown
Sep 21, 2006
There are 5 sponges laying on your kitchen counter top. Each member of
your family has been cleaning up different areas of your home, but all
the sponges look the same. You are curious as to what was cleaned in
your home, but you can't tell by looking...they all look the same....so
what do you do?
You squeeze each sponge to see what comes out. As you squeeze the
first sponge, you see that cola comes out, and so you decide that
someone
cleaned the kitchen with that one. Upon squeezing the second sponge,
you find tub and tile cleaner - that one was used to clean the
bathroom.
Next, in the third sponge, you find motor oil -- hubby was cleaning the
garage!
In the fourth sponge, baby powder puffs out when it is squeezed -- yep,
the baby's nursery was done with that one!
And finally, in the last one, is floor wax -- that was the one you used
on the hall floor!
As you lay the last one down, you look again at their similarity - and
they all look the same until they're squeezed.
Christians are the same way. As life squeezes us, different things come
out - anger from one, a need for revenge from another, tears from one,
remorse from yet another - also greed, untruth, lust - and finally,
from one saint, pours forth the love of Christ.
Just like the sponge, we can only squeeze out what is put in - stay in
the Word daily, and be in continuous prayer, so that when life puts the
squeeze on you (and it WILL), Jesus, and Jesus ALONE will shine forth
from you!
Have a blessed, squeaky clean day!
PRAYER
"Lord, change my heart and fill me with your wisdom that I my love your
ways. Give me grace and courage to resist temptation and stubborn
wilfulness that I may truly desire to do what is pleasing to you."
--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
Feel free to forward this to your friends, family and associates!
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DAILY-HOMILY" group.
To subscribe email: dailyhomily@gmail.com
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to Daily_Homily-unsubscribe@googlegroups.com
For more options, visit: http://homily.dailyfoodforthought.org/
Feel free to forward this to your friends, family and associates!
� 2006 Daily-Homily
-~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
