The Messy Room
by Anderson Slabaugh (Son of Pastor Mark & Deborah Slabaugh)
Acts 10:43 He is the one all the prophets testified about, saying that everyone who believes in him will have their sins forgiven through his name.
One day my mom asked me to clean up my room—it was REALLY messy! So, I shoved all my toys in the closet because I thought it would be a quicker way to clean up my room. It saved me a lot of time. But, the next day, my mom was helping me choose clothes for school and she opened my closet. Uh oh! All the toys fell out on her toes!
“You clean up your room again, Anderson Micah, don’t do that again,” my mom said to me. I was sad that I was in trouble, but I knew that I needed to ask my mom to forgive me and tell her that I was sorry. I cleaned up my room the right way and I will never do that again.
Prayer: Dear Jesus, I ask You to forgive me for not obeying my mom and not cleaning my room the right way. Help me to do things the right way and not just the quick way. Amen.
Wow...lots of lessons to be learned from Anderson's entry...total obedience,forgiveness
ReplyDeleteof sin and restitution. My prayer is that my heart, like Anderson, is always sensitive to the prompting of the Holy Spirit and that I humbly rectify wrong actions.
Good job Anderson! My mom always asked me when I got in troubble: "are you sorry you did it, or sorry you got caught?" It's not always easy to do things right the first time but it saves a lot of guilt, shame, time, etc. in the long run.
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