April 19 - Anonymous

A long time ago my dog was sprayed by a skunk. The poor thing ran around the yard, rolled around in the grass, and basically did everything she could to get the stench off of her to no avail. Then she came to me and I put her in the sink and poured tomato juice over her. She normally hated baths and would try to run but she just sat there looking at me so desperate for help. As I looked at her with the red juice running down her body, it came to me. Isn’t this similar to how we come to the Lord? We reek from our sin even after our best efforts to clean ourselves up. Then when we look to the Lord, He washes us clean with His blood. How precious a lesson from a simple (but smelly!) experience.