Like Spinach Stuck Between Your Teeth

" I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you." -Isaiah 44:22 

Repentance is a truly amazing thing because unless we realize that there's something we need to walk away from, we have no need to walk towards something else, something better. It serves as a mechanism of release from sin and God is incredibly faithful in rewarding that repentance with blessing. The sweet thing is....repentance is not simply a vehicle to receive blessing, but is in and of itself the reward because, with Jesus, purification results.

I think it might be a little bit like when you have a huge hunk of spinach stuck between your two front teeth. Let's be honest, no one's smile looks good when that's chillin in there. Often times we have no idea. We need someone to point it out to us, so that we can go find a mirror and take care of it. The return is a beautiful smile. Praise the Lord that he sent the Holy Spirit to be the one to tap us on the shoulder and convict us of our sin, and that he sent his son to remove our transgressions from us, that we may experience the fullness of life that the Lord has promised us.