All Clogged Up

For the past month, the kitchen pipe at my home was clogged up. Every time when we do the dishes, the pipe hole right on our floor will overflow with... dirty water (I shall not elaborate for the sake of the weak hearted reading this). So, very naturally, we have resorted to not use the sink at all and have come to ignore the problem completely. Until lately when I couldn't stand it anymore, that is.

I bought some unclogging solution from the hardware shop, poured it into the pipe, waited overnight for the solution to pierce through the stubborn (and gross) sludge and grime, the next day flushed down a whole pail of water into the pipe and voila! The sink is usable again! Water once again flowed gloriously from the sink to the pipes and to the drain (Imagine the scene in Lord of the Rings when Arwen summoned the river to stop the Nazgul).

I think I see a spiritual parallel there now, do you?

Sometimes when you grow older in life, things seem to clog you up. Your ever demanding job, never ending mortgages, dysfunctional relationships, worries of the future, parched spiritual life and unearthly church expectations. These stuff ring a bell? And what do we normally do? Like with the pipe, once clogged and when a mess takes place, we choose to ignore the important matters of life. We escape.

Well, escaping doesn't really do anyone any good, the same way resorting to not use my sink was a foolish act that wasted a lot of time, convenience and opportunities. All we need is just some "solution" (spiritually) to unclog these issues in our life so that we, like the free flowing water, can move on with our lives in freedom.

"The word of God is alive and active, sharper than any double-edged sword. It cuts all the way through, to where soul and spirit meet, to where joints and marrow come together. It judges the desires and thoughts of the heart." Hebrews 4:12