Rain

The last week of school was a busy one for all the school bus drivers and monitors. It is required that all the buses be washed, cleaned inside and out for the final inspection. It was rainy most of the week so we did our final cleaning Thursday for the inside and Early Friday morning (before our first bus run) for the outside wash job. It was even lightly raining then. But the funny thing was that during the afternoon and final run, it pored rain and thus all the bus's were dirt splattered and looked much like they hadn't even been touched. To the right you can see some of the fleet of school bus's, below is our bus being washed and spit shined. Ha!
We can try keep the bus cleaner by not driving through mud puddles and snow banks etc. but you can never keep all the dirt off !
Dirt is a lot like our sin, It just keeps coming back, no mater how clean we are and forgiven we are, we always need to be refreshed with His word, the Bible, Church, and Holy Communion. Only through Christ and His great love for us, can we be forgiven and cleansed from every sin. But just like this bus, without a washing every now and then there is no shine and the filth just keeps building up. In John 15 verse 3, Jesus tells us "You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. That is a great chapter in the Bible for all to read!