THE SMELL OF SIN

I went into the back room today where the kitten's litter box is kept.
It was obvious to me that it needed to be cleaned out. As I was doing this undesirable job, it occurred to me that I do it because I love my kitty. In the middle of the task, I started thinking about the sins that I commit daily. Things that are wrong, but that to me, might seem little and of 'no big deal'. Yet, I surely know that I'm wrong when I do them; But I go ahead and do them anyway.
I'm sure that Satan says, "Oh, it's OK. The Lord will just keep forgiving you, no matter what you do. He doesn't care! He knows you love Him,
and you said that 'forgive me' prayer right? Remember...you can't help how you are! Go ahead and do whatever you want!"

To God, those sins, those presumptuous sins, must smell as horrible as a dirty litter box. Just full of feces. Father forgive me.


I know now that I have to keep this question in my mind at all times:
Wouldn't I rather send an aroma of my life to Heaven that is sweet and pleasing to Him?
A true reflection of the Lord Jesus Christ? If I take every moment of the day captive and pray through the ones that seem too much for me, by the power of the Holy Comforter who lives inside me, I believe there can be change and a turn around that will be pleasing to my Lord as well as to myself. I want to do this because I truly love Him so. -Just thinking.

Genesis 8:21a 'and the Lord smelled a sweet savour.'
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May God richly bless you, friend! -Rev.Debbie ♥