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DISHWASHER
SAFE
You
would think that a dishwasher
would always remain
clean. After all, the
water is extremely hot
and if flows through
the ports with tremendous
pressure.
After
we had a new state of
the art Miele installed,
one that operates whisper
quiet, I thought I had
a maintenance free unit.
Six
months down the road,
my wife started to notice
that the dishes were
not coming out as clean
as we were accustomed
to. I contemplated calling
in a service technician
to repair the dishwasher
under warranty until
I read the manual that
explained procedures
on required regular
cleaning. I removed
the revolving water
jet arms only to find
the multiple holes plugged
with bits of food, rice,
bone, and even plastic.
After I was done, she
was back to 100% efficiency.
The water channels had
to be cleansed and kept
clean.
So
it is with our spiritual
lives. Since we live
in a sinful world, like
the dishwasher, we are
constantly bombarded
with dirty, filthy,
gook-covered garbage
all that can negatively
affect us.
We
constantly need to be
in the Manual, the Holy
Bible, to know what
is right, and to continually
go to God for renewal
and cleansing.
The
believer is directed
to continue to confess
our sin (See 1 John
1:9), to keep the channel
between God and us free
from any sin that hinders
and separates.
As
the Psalmist cries to
God, "Search me
O God, and know my anxious
thoughts. Reveal to
me my sin and cleanse
me from within."
Psalm 139:23-24.
Rejoice
in the Lord Always!
Dario
Ferko
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