The parable of the Pans.
I do a lot of dish washing, and in doing such have plenty of time to think about life, the universe, and everything (that was a hitchikers guide to the galaxy quote).
My compaion has a pan. Every morning he gets it dirty, and then leaves it out - his excuse is that it´s just going to get dirty again, so why do anything about it? Two fried eggs, lots of grease, why just get it clean to get it dirty?
I have my own pan. I make Scrambled eggs, fried eggs, sauteed vegetables, etc. Every time I clean it and get all the goobers out and let it dry. When I try to clean HIS pan, the goobers stay there unless I scrub REALLY hard for a long time.
What does this mean? (Everybody should take a stab at it before you read my interpretation)I do a lot of dish washing, and in doing such have plenty of time to think about life, the universe, and everything (that was a hitchikers guide to the galaxy quote).
My compaion has a pan. Every morning he gets it dirty, and then leaves it out - his excuse is that it´s just going to get dirty again, so why do anything about it? Two fried eggs, lots of grease, why just get it clean to get it dirty?
I have my own pan. I make Scrambled eggs, fried eggs, sauteed vegetables, etc. Every time I clean it and get all the goobers out and let it dry. When I try to clean HIS pan, the goobers stay there unless I scrub REALLY hard for a long time.
The goobers represent our sins, and the cleaning is Christ´s atonement. If we don´t repent just because we might sin again, where does that leave us? Super dirty and greasy with bugs laying eggs (no joke). In fact, the cleansing power of christ´s atonement makes us better. It changes us for next time (like seasoning the pan through repeated use). In the end, it is easier to let go of our sins (goobers) the first time than to persist in our sins. And it will make a better us in the future (a seasoned and easy to clean pan.) If you let your goobers build up forever, it´s very hard to get them off, and it can seriously damage the pan - but sincere, oft repentance does the opposite.
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