slow leak

About 2:30 this morning, Lily Beth came to get in bed with me. She needed a “sippy tup of milk” and a snuggle buddy. I got her milk and we both went back to sleep fairly quickly. I woke up about 4:15 and I was soaking wet. My first thought was that Lily’s diaper had leaked. I checked her but she was dry. My second thought was that I had wet the bed! Granted it has been 22 + years since I have done that…..but I was very tired. That was not the case either. I searched and searched and finally figured out that Lily had laid her cup on my pillow and while I slept it had slowly all leaked out. ALL of it, every drop. It had run down the back of my hair and all down my pj top. It was so gross! It was in my hair and everything! I started laughing with John and decided I might as well begin my day!

While I was cleaning up I began thinking about what a mess one small cup of milk had made and how quickly it had happened. This same thing happens to me spiritually. Sometimes, without even realizing it, I find myself in a sticky situation wondering how in the world I got there. All it takes is a tiny leak in our hearts to create such a mess. Whether that leak be worry, fear, jealousy, resentment….you name it. Slowly that tiny leak penetrates into the depth of who we are creating a big puddle of sin. Every time this happens to me, I question how the mess got so large. The Lord quietly asks me where it all began. It is then that I realize that my mess of sin began with a tiny leak of ____________. Today, I am praying that God reveals and removes even the smallest leak of sin in my life. I will be praying the same for each of you!