The Cleansing of Soap

"Although you wash yourself with soda and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before me." -Isaiah 2: 22

Sin is a serious thing for everyone, including me. Sin can only be washed away by the cleansing blood of Jesus Christ. Soap and Soda, Shampoo and Conditioner will not wash away the stain that has forced its was through to the skin of our soul. The stain is like a giant bruise, pooled by years of neglect. As Christians, when we neglect our sin we risk not being in right relationship with God.

If we haven't accepted Christ as our Savior then our sin -we should know- has not been wiped away and we are not in any standing with God.

Trust in Jesus Christ to wipe away your sins and get back on track with the lover of your soul.

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© 2012 ML Michaels

A Reason to Love

"My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water." --Jeremiah 2:13


Would you prefer a freshly prepared meal by one of the top chefs in the world or would you prefer something you prepared for yourself that you prepared from month old food.  We all would want the fresh food by a top chef.

In the verse God is trying to get the Israelites and us today to see that we are settling for less than what God has prepared for us.

He provides all that we need, yet we continously desire more and more of what the world has to offer. In the end, what the world has and what we strive for can't hold water to the true and living water who is God through Jesus Christ.

Turn your heart away from the world and toward God.

©2012 MLMichaels

Close with God

"Hear the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, all you clans of the house of Israel. This is what the Lord says: 'What fault did your fathers find in me, that they strayed so far from me? They followed worthless idols and became worthless themselves. They did not ask, 'Where is the Lord, who brought us up out of Egypt and led us through the barren wilderness, through a land of deserts and rifts, a land of drought and darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives.?" -Jeremiah 2:4-6

The Lord speaks to Israel. He knows their history. He is reminding them of their faithfulness, to not forget God's love for them, and to remind them of their once closeness to God. 1

God always wants us to be close with Him. He knows us and the sinful past we have come from. The Lord has always been faithful to us, though we  have strayed away seeking other idols. We can confuse idols as giant statues, but they dont have to be. They can be money, relationships, television programs... anything that takes the place in our hearts that should be reserved for God.

If God is speaking to your heart to return to Him and recommit your life, dont delay. Remember the good things the Lord has done for you and forget not that Lord has brought all of us out of our sinful past. Return to Him and the closeness you once knew with your Lord and Savior. Give Him the praise, glory, and commitment that He deserves.


1- The Life Application Bible, New International Version. (1984.) Commentary. Tyndale. Wheaton, Ill.

© 2012 MLMichaels