The Dust Bunny From Hell

The other day Connie says to me that the refrigerator is leaking under the freezer side. I hopped right on it - after about two days and two more mentions by her. So I roll out the fridge, which was new just over six years ago, and I begin to check it out. It had been a year or so since I last had pulled it out to clean beneath it. It was a bit dusty so I pulled out the vacuum cleaner and within a couple of minutes it was taken care of. But then realizing that the “leak” was from the frontal region I, for the very first time, pulled off the front lower plastic grate and was totally amazed at what was starring at me. A king sized dust ball had formed over the last six years all around the cooling element. It took me a half an hour to vacuum and pull and wedge all of the dust out from the radiator. It was gross. (My wife will really be impressed with this entry)

As I lie there on my side pulling the nasty out from under the fridge, it occurred to me that I had never addressed this issue before. The machine had to work way harder than necessary to keep our food cold and with the recent heat it seemed like it was constantly chugging away. I think that our lives can be just like this. Areas left unattended suddenly begin to suck the life right out from underneath us, sapping our energy and freedom in Christ. A creepy little sin that we ignore for years all of a sudden rises up and bites us in the butt. We find ourselves thinking in ways that are not right, or taking extra long glances, or wondering what kind of life we would have with that person. Left unchecked, unaccounted for, these seemingly harmless “habits” will one day kill us.

Get help.

Seek someone out to trust with your “dust bunny from hell”.

What we really need is Jesus.

Nothing else even comes close to satisfying our soul.