Under the Rug

Today as I was vaccuming, I lifted the rug up to vacuum what was under there. I was AMAZED at the dirt that had piled up hidden where you can't see. I'm guessing if I had swept it up and measured it, it would have been at least 1/4 cup of dirt. Lurking beneath my beautiful rug lay ugly dirt. HHmmmmmmmmmmm....as Cathy and I would say, "Sounds like there's a lesson in there somewhere!"

Aren't our lives a great example of the above scenario? We all can present ourselves in such wonderful and beautiful ways. On the outside, we WOW people with our looks, our talents, our intelligence. But underneath all that impressive "stuff" lies the dirt that no one can see. Beneath the fluff on the outside lies our pride, our selfishness and our prejudices. We think we're fooling people because they can't outwardly see our sinfulness. How fooled we are.

God Himself sits on high and watches over every act, every deed and hears every word we speak forth. He sees all the ugliness on the inside and He must be appaled at it. I suppose we are all just ignorant enough that we seem to think that if no one can see our sin, no one knows. But truly, what difference does that make anyway???

GOD SEES IT ALL! Nothing is hidden from the piercing eyes of the Father in heaven.

NOW is the time for us all to begin to admit to our pathetic selves that we are not what we portray ourselves to be. It's time for us to begin to peal the layers of dirt back, face each issue we are hiding, heal that issue and commit to not sin in that area again.

James 4:14 tells us: "Whereas you do not know what wil happen tomorrow. For waht is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away." Life is short people! Jesus is coming back!!! It's time, it's time, it's time.....NOW is THE time to remove the hidden dirt in our lives. Why not start now? There's never a better time than the present to examine our own lives.