Day 76: The Fly in the Ointment

Ecclesiastes 10:1

As dead flies cause even a bottle of perfume to stink,

so does a little foolishness spoils great wisdom and honor.

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I don't know why, but this one made me giggle tonight.
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I was picturing you, sweet reader, sitting eating your morning bagel and drinking your 'wake me up' coffee, ready to read an encouraging word.... and you come across... a post about dead flies.
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Sorry about that ;)

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The sad fact is that we can be the best person ever, but the one measly thing we do wrong, that's what people will remember. 
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Yeah, that sounds harsh, and yeah, I know that we are human (boy do I know it).  However, if you think back on it, you rarely remember the good-- the smell of the perfume.  But you will never forget the stench of the fly-- the tiny, little insignificant fly.
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Well, yeah, this sounds like a downer-- and I don't want that. 
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We all make mistakes.  We all get angry.  We all get a little fly in our ointment at times, however it doesn't mean we should give up trying to live a good, godly life.
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Sorry to say, none of us are perfect. 

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None.
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We are going to have at least one fly in our ointment-- maybe even a whole bottle of them-- foot, your bottle may be more flies that perfume-- but don't give up! 
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Ever been in a room/car that has been skunked?
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It smells-- well-- terrible.
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TERRIBLE.
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It's the kind of smell that you don't think will ever go away.
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However, over time (with a little airing out and maybe a bath or two) the smell goes away.  Its like it never was there.
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We can't change the past.  We can't get that fly out of our ointment, but we CAN get a new jar, fill it, and try to put a lid on it (ie top it with God's word as a cork). 
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Just because something has happened or you haven't acted a way you wanted and you let yourself get a little 'foolish', don't let that keep you from spreading/living the word of God.
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He loves you anyway--- even if you do stink.
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God Bless you!

Kelly