It only takes a little
On Superbowl Sunday, my dad was burning leaves and boxes behind our pool and along the fence line of our yard and our neighbor’s. Later, he decided he needed to go to the store to buy food for the Superbowl party. He drove around and made sure the fire was out before he left. Well, a few minutes after he was gone, my stepmom and I heard our neighbor scream “Help!” We ran outside to find her yard, front and back, on fire and it was getting close to her house. It wasn’t an “out of control” fire or anything, but there was one problem, her water hose caught on fire with her yard and our hose wouldn’t reach. The fire department got there and everything was fine minus some rattled nerves. It turned out that the one corner my dad didn’t check was the one that started the fire in our neighbor’s yard. This goes to show that the things we do wrong in our lives not only hurt us when we don’t get rid of them, but they also effect those around us. Is there one little thing in your life that you forgot to check because you figured it would leave on its own when you got rid of everything else? Examine your life and don’t cut corners, because what started out as a small problem will grow and it will not only burn up your life, but possibly the lives of the people you are close to as well.
This is true. Just like Megan said it only takes a little, Beth Moore talked about this same thing in the bible study Stepping Up. She told us that during the Feast of the Unleavended Bread, they were not allowed to eat any bread that had yeast in it. Thus, they had to carefully mix the bread because a single grain of yeast would cause the bread to leaven. Just llike the yeast and the fire in the yard, if we let one little sin go without correction, the whole stronghold of that sin can and usually will come back in our lives.
Thanks Megan, your devotion really spoke to my heart.
hey i was here when you wrote this
well it was a great devotion. props. love you bff
Great job Megs…and so true! So proud of you!
Hi Megan,
I enjoyed reading your devotional. My little Megan whom I have been praying for since you started out as a teenager has grown up before my eyes. I’m so proud of you — it looks like you may have a future as a Christian writer?? Love you “Mrs. Beverly”