Mildew

I spotted a small dark patch of mildew on the upper wall of our shower the other day.  I grabbed a spray bottle of Clorox and scrub brush and went after it. 

Mildew has been around a long time, and not just in my house.  It’s shown up in tents and towers.  Moses and King Solomon both spoke of famines, war, pestilence, blight and mildew among the curses upon mankind.  I know of at least one family that had trouble with toxic Black Mold and had to move out of their house.  The garden varieties of mildew are obligate parasites of flowering plants and destroy leaves and blossoms and fruit. 

You all know what happens.  If a little patch of mildew isn’t dealt with immediately, it grows and spreads and can sink into walls.  It’s gross!

We should examine our walls and be diligent to get rid of mildew quickly.  We should examine our lives in the same way.  Look closely; think carefully.  Sin is like mildew.  Tolerate a little and pretty soon it spreads.  It can sink into our bones, permeates our minds, alter our souls.  It’s toxic and destroys.

God has given us instructions on how to deal with it. 

Examine, confess, repent, rejoice.  We are washed clean through faith in Christ our Lord.