If there is a job I hate, it is cleaning the shower. We replaced our shower not long after we moved in, the one that was here originally had been ruined by the previous owners and was impossible to clean. The new one was great – for a while. Then it, too, became more difficult to clean. I experimented with different types of cleaners – some so obnoxious I wore a mask when using them.
Then I found one that said all I needed to do was spray it on once a week, let it sit for 8-12 hours and then rinse it off. The label indicated I might have to use it daily in the beginning to get the shower clean, but once it was, it required only a weekly application.
I thought it was too good to be true. But I’ve been using it for four months and my shower-cleaning duties have become much easier. I spray it on in the morning after my shower – and thankfully it doesn’t have a strong odor – and then rinse it off before Bob showers at night. So easy! But I know that if I ignore the weekly application, I am going to be right back where I began.
It may be silly, but every week when I apply that cleaner I am reminded of Proverbs 4:23: “Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.” [NLT]
It is not enough to occasionally do the spiritual disciplines necessary to keep our hearts clean, we must be diligent to regularly come to God and ask Him to reveal to us anything that displeases Him.
Thank you LORD.