August 29, 2010

• Scum and Purity

  

  One thing I can't stand to have in my life and my surroundings is scum. Unfortunately, it is part of life and cannot be completely avoided. Recently a great downpour of rain came through our town and left a bit of a spectacle of scum behind. I could only capture a bit of it in the short time I had to walk under a bridge next to a park where the Lowlifes hang out. Why do they claim this area as their own? It could be cleaned up and made to sparkle so that EVERYone could enjoy the area safely! Law enforcement can only do so much; they are stretched as it is. I do know that every now and then a van load of Juvie kids  comes to clean the place up as part of their punishment/community service. Oh and not too long ago, before the storm, there was a clean up the creek day. That's all wonderful, but how do you convince the Lowlifes that they should clean up?  My brother became a Lowlife but he had the luxury of living at my parents' house before he got thrown into jail. Drugs, alcohol and other addictions can ruin a person's life. It damages the entire family. Some family members disown the Lowlife, either for forever or until the person cleans up. It seems as if my brother didn't even realize that he had created a lifetime of scum for himself and his victims. I pray for him and the people like him. They need to be cleaned from the inside out, to realize and admit what they've done and turn, RUNNING to the hope and love through knowing who Christ Jesus is. Who wouldn't WANT to sparkle and experience Joy in Jesus? Why wallow in scum?

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