Stop Scrubbing, You Are Already Loved
The water runs hot, and you are scrubbing harder than the dirt requires. You are rehearsing the speech you will never give, trying to wash away a stain that water cannot touch.
The steam rises, but the guilt stays heavy on your skin. You feel like you must be clean before you can be held.
But the light does not wait for your perfection. Go home to your own people, and tell them how much the Lord has done for you.
Not what you have done for Him. What He has done for you.
The mercy is already there, sitting in your living room, waiting for you to stop scrubbing and simply walk through the door. You are not forgiven because you are clean.
You are clean because you are loved.
Drawing from
Mark 5:19, Luke 7:47
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