The custodians at the elementary school where I teach are currently battling leaves.
The fallen foliage is on the outside, but it keeps coming in the building—thanks to the ever present Oklahoma wind.
At the end of the day, the hallway near pre-kindergarten parent pick up looks like this.
Our little leaf litter problem even made it on the agenda at a recent staff meeting.
Head Principal: “The custodians ask that we not let leaves blow into the hallway during parent pickup.”
Outspoken teacher (not me): “The leaves are outside; they just need to be raked up and bagged. Problem solved.”
Said teacher was asked if they wanted to volunteer for the job.
Silence….🦗🦗🦗
“But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at the door; it’s desire is to have you, but you must master it.”
Genesis 4:7 (NIV)
This was God’s advice for Cain, when he was furious with his brother, Abel. As you probably know, he didn’t listen. Cain let a whole forest of leaves in the door when he murdered his sibling.
Frankly, I wonder if I’m any better. No, I haven’t committed a homicide, but sin is sin. And Romans 3:23a reminds us, “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”
Thank the Lord this isn’t the end of the verse! 3:23b says, “and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.”
Kind reader, thanks to God’s grace we can “rake the leaves” that collect by the door of our lives, as often as necessary. Confession is indeed good for the soul.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify is from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:9 (NIV)
Thank you for reading. 🙏❤️
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