I came across something interesting this week that I’m totally going to try – it’s a homemade rosemary/lavender cleaning spray. You use ½ distilled white vinegar and ½ water … then you add fresh rosemary sprigs and fresh lavender sprigs and let it sit in a warm spot to infuse for about 10 days. After which you pour it into a spray bottle and use it as any other cleaning spray around the home.
Both rosemary and lavender are growing out in the front flowerbed. The lavender is just about to bloom. I’m totally going to try this.
It got me thinking about how the sugar-water in my hummingbird feeders is a clear liquid just like the clear liquid of the rosemary/lavender infused cleaning spray. One clear liquid is sweet and nourishing. The other clear liquid is antibacterial and cleansing.
In the same way, the Word of God is like the clear liquid in the hummingbird feeder – the Word of God is sweet and nourishing to our soul. While at the same time, the Word of God is like the clear antibacterial liquid of the rosemary/lavender cleaning spray – the Word of God cleanses and cleans.
The Word of God is sweet and nourishing to our soul.
“How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!” – Psalm 119:103
“Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the person who takes refuge in him.” – Psalm 34:8
“Know that wisdom is sweet to your soul. … The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom.” – Proverbs 24:14 / Proverbs 9:10
The Word of God is like antibacterial cleanser which cleanses and cleans our soul.
“Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by washing with water through the word.” – Ephesians 5:25
“Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.” – Psalm 51:7
“The LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the thoughts of the pure are pleasing to him.” – Proverbs 15:26
“How can a person keep their way pure? By living according to your word. … I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.” – Psalm 119:9, 11
The Word of God is sweet and nourishing to our soul.
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The Word of God is like antibacterial cleanser which cleanses and cleans our soul.
