Ever get a scraggly place on your fingernail. It’s not a break, or even a chip. Just an almost microscopic rugged spot enough to catch materials, like clothes, hosiery, etc. And yes, it seems to catch on everything!! A slight aggravation seems to grow. You rub it against a rough surface, but that doesn’t do it. You need a file, the correct tool. And, until you can get to that nail file or emery board that rugged place bothers you.
(Guys, tell me you have this problem at times, too. Surely it is not just a girl thing. If not, bear with me. There is a point to this – no pun intended..)
But, once you get the file, it takes work to right the situation. You have to buff it away, feel the place, nope- not smooth enough yet. Buff…feel, nope…file a bit more. The thing is, the more you file, the more evident it becomes that the nail is damaged and needs to be re-shaped. At last your nail is smooth, well -shaped and presentable again.
Are you beginning to see the God-connection?
Sin can snag us. Until we bring it to God, it will nag at us, and as we go through the day, or week, or months, it keeps catching on our thoughts and actions. We know it’s there, even if no one else does.
So, we finally carve out time to fall to our knees and give it to our Lord. He scrapes it away, and at first, it makes the sin seem more obvious, so much larger. But with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, that sin can be buffed away and we fully restored. Now we can grow again–in the correct direction.
But we know in this fallen world, we will brush against the harshness of sin again. We women usually carry an emery board in our purses so we are prepared when an unexpected snag occurs. May we all carry the Holy Spirit that close, and stop to correct the situation the first chance we get. It will make the day go, well, a lot smoother.
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