Don't Blame My Hands

Good Morning,
 
"Come now, and let us reason together," says the Lord, "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool."
 
A pastor discovered that the clock at the back of the sanctuary was unable to keep the correct time. Repeatedly he set the hands to the appropriate hour and minute only to find by the next week that it was either too fast or too slow. Finally he gave up and hung a sign above the clock that read, "Don't blame my hands. The trouble lies deeper." 
 
That is where the trouble lies with man when he does wrong.  He can blame his environment, his education, or even his parents, but the real trouble lies deep within his own heart. Our human nature God has blessed us with, is not the problem; just like the hands on the clock were not to be blamed.  Jesus said, "For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies" (Matt. 15:19).
 
Fortunately, God has provided a solution for that heart problem?  A heart yielded to Jesus, will be repaired.
 
God bless you and remember that you are loved!!! 

Henry