Luke 12:1-3 (NIV)
Meanwhile, when a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they
were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples,
saying: “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is
hypocrisy. There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden
that will not be made known. What you have said in the dark will be heard in
the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be
proclaimed from the roofs.
During the past month or so I began to notice a musty odor
as I went down the steps into our finished basement. I couldn’t pinpoint the source and kind of
blamed it on stinky dogs. Sorry, Dino,
Dandy and Daisy. This time you didn’t do it.
Instead, the shower pan in the master bath had sprung a leak and water
was seeping into the floor and ceiling and things were beginning to grow mold. We finally discovered it when water began
coming out of the ceiling and the plumbers cut a square into the ceiling to
verify the source. The church trustees
are getting bids on replacing the shower and any of the floor boards and
ceiling that shows water damage and mold.
Hidden mold can be very harmful to your health. I thought about other hidden things that are
harmful, like cancer cells that grow undetected. And I thought about things to
do with our emotions that we allow to fester often without giving it much
attention – bitterness, resentment, prejudice, a difference of opinion. Like the mold and the cancer cells these are
harmful to our health. Quality life
demands that we be attentive and seek out and remove what might be harmful to
us. What hidden things might need your attention?
Blessed
God, help us as we do self-examinations to find things that we are harboring
inside. Help us to be truthful with ourselves, with you and with others that we
might be healed. We ask in the name of
the Great Physician. Amen.
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