This one's for Cyndi.
I inherited crusty feet. My Mom's feet are crusty. I use the word "crusty" because that's the most accurate word to describe dried-up, flaky feet. There are many "cures" for crusty feet. PediCURES, lotions, deep-hydrating lotions, scrubs...just to name a few. But the truth boils down to this: maintenance. It's all about taking the time to use one of these "cures" consistently.
Honestly...how can we possibly think that ONE pedicure or ONE good scrubbing of the feet can forever end any issues we may have with crusty feet? Do dishes pile up everyday and load themselves into the dishwasher alone? Do clothes launder themselves? Does dust decide to disappear? I WISH!!! Of course the answer to these questions is: maintenance. All of these things have to be done repeatedly in order to HAVE order.
Honestly...how can we possibly think that ONE pedicure or ONE good scrubbing of the feet can forever end any issues we may have with crusty feet? Do dishes pile up everyday and load themselves into the dishwasher alone? Do clothes launder themselves? Does dust decide to disappear? I WISH!!! Of course the answer to these questions is: maintenance. All of these things have to be done repeatedly in order to HAVE order.
Our relationship with God is exactly like crusty feet. (Mom, before you gasp and tell Him that you didn't raise your child to be sacrilegious, let me explain!!!!) Much of the time, when someone commits their heart & life to Christ and is saved, they think that there is nothing more to be done. They've accepted the free gift of salvation and life can go on. While it's true that if out of conviction you've confessed that you sin, and that you need forgiveness, and you ask Christ to come into your heart & life to be Lord, that's all that is required for salvation...there is more to be done concerning your relationship with the Lord.
There is: maintenance. Just like any other relationship in your life requires contact, time, effort (maintenance), so does your relationship with Christ! Guess what happens when you don't work to keep up a relationship...it gets crusty. Our relationship with God is based on OUR level of commitment, not His. He's ALWAYS there. He doesn't change and He doesn't remove Himself from our life. For those who know Him and have that relationship with Him, we have the assurance that no matter how crusty we allow things to get...He'll always give us a delightful pedicure of the heart and mind, if we'll communicate to Him that we want it. It's US who seek to cure the crust by turning to temporary "cures". Just like the temptation to buy into the latest gimmick on the forever cure-all for our crusty feet, we buy into the things of this world, which will never cure us. Only God can do that! We must place our faith in Him, and not in this world.
There is: maintenance. Just like any other relationship in your life requires contact, time, effort (maintenance), so does your relationship with Christ! Guess what happens when you don't work to keep up a relationship...it gets crusty. Our relationship with God is based on OUR level of commitment, not His. He's ALWAYS there. He doesn't change and He doesn't remove Himself from our life. For those who know Him and have that relationship with Him, we have the assurance that no matter how crusty we allow things to get...He'll always give us a delightful pedicure of the heart and mind, if we'll communicate to Him that we want it. It's US who seek to cure the crust by turning to temporary "cures". Just like the temptation to buy into the latest gimmick on the forever cure-all for our crusty feet, we buy into the things of this world, which will never cure us. Only God can do that! We must place our faith in Him, and not in this world.
Pedicures or MANicures will never work.
What we truly need is a Christ-cure.
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