Upheld at the Dung Gate #5

What is It?

Oh my! Dung. What is it?

Following the footprint around to the heel of the right foot, we come to the Dung Gate. Yep, it is just what you think. Hold your nose! Step carefully! Hold your pant legs up! Don’t brush your arms along anything here!

Event Gone Disgusting

One February, I had a family party at my house. We’d prepared for this special occasion for weeks. I cleaned my house, made yummy goodies to eat and cooked a special meal. Grandparents, brothers, sisters, and in-laws, nieces and nephews all came to celebrate this wonderful, anticipated event.

Then it happened. Someone came out of the bathroom, and with a sheepish look, uttered into my ear that we had a problem. I rushed to the bathroom (because there was a certain odor!) and saw my bathtub backing up with dark colored liquid. Has this ever happened to you? Cleaning this up, with many family guests, was NOT part of my plan that day. I wanted to howl instead of smile graciously under such duress. (Well, if you ask any of my family, they might say I howled.)

Suffice it to say, the holiday atmosphere became something quite different. Our party turned into a backyard dig. It turns out that our backyard drain field had been saturated with so much snow, rain, ice and overran our septic tank. Yep, it took a major expense to move the drain field and our whole backyard was eventually plowed up. At least it was the end of Winter, which made it possible for evaporation.

I did feel sorry for our neighbors.

Moral of Story 

Do daily examinations of your soul. You have a whole day ahead. You decide if what you spread  around is dung or a sweet smelling aroma to those with whom you come into contact. What is lurking in the depths of your spirit is what you will disperse.

Keep short accounts with God. To Him, our sin stinks like a septic tank. But He has all that it takes to cleanse us from our mess. Trust Him to do it.

For Consideration 

What stinks in your life? Is it a secret or an open sore? Will you have the courage today to lay it before God and let Him clean you up?

“But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin” I John 1:7.