Muddy Water
Our door mat was dirty for I been hauling dirt to the gardens. So I took the garden hose and sprayed water on the mat. At first the water flowed through the mat real dirty. It was brown and the clear water was muddied by the dirt in the mat. After a bit the water started to flow clear and I knew the mat was getting clean. The next day as I was studying the Word of the Lord I saw the mat and water and the Lord told me we are vessels of clay that needed His water, His Word to slowly wash us clean. He does not scream at us nor rebuke us for the dirty water He sees coming out of us. Rather His love and forgiveness is seen while grace washes us clean of our dirt .... our flesh. And there were set there "six" waterpots of stone, after the manner of the "purifying" of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece. Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with "water." And they filled them up to the brim. And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the