I had a profound thought in the shower this morning. I always have my best thoughts in the shower.

Jesus is like a bar of soap.

A bar of soap can clean many dirty hands, bodies, clothes, etc, without ever getting dirty itself. Jesus came down to our foul and nasty world and started clean us on the inside, one by one. And he never took on our messes. 

A washcloth, for instance, does take on our messes. Or a paper towel. You use them to soak up the mess, to move it to where its more acceptable. Just like drug, sex, and alcohol addictions. Just like medications for five year olds. Just like our smaller ticks and habits and addictions that go unnoticed. We use our earthly means to move our pain and our dysfunction to somewhere where its more acceptable. Where it can’t be seen. It’s still there, and it’s still a mess.

We can’t clean ourselves.

Don’t we wish we could?

“Going mad is a luxury the middle class cannot afford.”

Jen