Clean It Up

 The other night I was working at the Jr High concession stand when a mom and her son approached.

As mom mentally debated on which processed, but delicious snack she wanted, I watched her young son lean up to the edge of the counter and wipe his snotty nose along

the full  edge.  

I wanted to throw up but I politely handed him

a napkin and finished mom’s transaction.

The moment they left, I urgently sprayed down the counter with disinfectant and scrubbed it clean.

I did not say it wasn’t that bad.

I did not say maybe I would clean it later.

I did not describe someone else’s counter that’s worse.

I saw the mess and I cleaned it up.

I want to have that same urgency in keeping my own heart, mind, home and world as spiritually clean as possible.  

I want to be able to recognize sin and root it out quickly.  

Elder D Todd Christofferson shared, “At the same time, let us not justify ourselves in a casual effort. Let us not be content to retain some disposition to do evil. Let us worthily partake of the sacrament each week and continue to draw upon the Holy Spirit to root out the last vestiges of impurity within us. I testify that as you continue in the path of spiritual rebirth, the atoning grace of Jesus Christ will take away your sins and the stain of those sins in you, temptations will lose their appeal, and through Christ you will become holy, as He and our Father are holy. “

Don’t be casual! 

See a sin and clean it up! 

We need to be as concerned about the spiritual climate in our homes as the cleanliness of a counter.