So I got a new phone. Then a friend of mine was kind enough to buy me a high tech screen protector for the phone. I didn’t know you had to have a PHD to put a screen protector on a phone but it was essential to have a high level of intelligence for this screen protector.

First, you had to put it into a plastic thing and secure it. Then you had to put a thingy over the plastic device to put the adhesive onto the screen. Then you had to let the adhesive out onto the screen. Next, the adhesive had to go over the screen with perfect asymmetry. Then you had to set the adhesive with a UV light for over a minute. Next, you took it all apart and in my case, I realized I had done it wrong. BLAST IT!

So, I had one more try because it came with two adhesives. Yet the problem was how to dislodge the adhesive from the screen protector now. I tried wiping it off and it made a mess. I tried submerging it in boiling water with vinegar to no success, then I finally tried fingernail polish remover. It still did not come off of the screen protector! So I decided to put the screen protector on a napkin, put it in the microwave, cover it with a light dose of fingernail polish and nuke it for a minute. WALLAH! The adhesive peeled off like a dream!! I was so excited.

Of course, after that accomplishment, I was overjoyed! I did the whole blooming process again, only to do it wrong for the second time. UGH!

I was thinking of you, my dear sweet audience when this catastrophe happened and I realized that the adhesive is very similar to sin that attaches to our souls. We do the things which we do not mean to do instead of those which we wish? Why is it so?

I believe it is because we have not been taught how to remove the adhesive of sin. Recently I began attending a new church. It is called Life from DFW. The preacher preached on the importance of repentance for admission into heaven. I had never heard this kind of preaching. So I figured I had better check it against the Bible. I started reading in Matthew.

The very first message that Jesus preached was to “Repent of your sins and turn to God for the Kingdom of Heaven is near.”

Soon my mind traveled back several years down memory lane. I had broken up with a boyfriend that I had dated for several years. I knew I could not give him what he needed to be happy.

In this relationship, we had been engaged in intimacy which was to be only expressed in marriage. I asked God why it was so important for this to be saved for marriage. I didn’t think it was that big of a deal.

The Lord drew close to me and expressed to me how this act hurt him so deeply. I told Him that was the last thing I wanted to do in life because I loved Him much more than any man. So because of this devotion to my Lord, I asked him to take away this sinful desire. He did so. The adhesive of sexual immorality was ripped from my heart and God is in the process of healing the wounds from this man and others.

I can say without reservation that my heart is at peace. My vision is now clear and my purpose is defined.

Sin can be an adhesive to your heart. It can make love a blooming mess. The vision for your life can be clouded and difficult to ascertain.

Yet, if you repent and turn from your sin, the Lord Jesus Christ can take that sin and cleanse your heart. Then and only then can the Kingdom of Heaven draw near.