Play-Doh

Play-Doh has been on the market since the 1950’s and continues to have a strong presence today. In fact my daughter just got some the other day. I have been reminded about some of the qualities of Play-doh, including the fact that if you leave it out after playing with it, it doesn’t take long to become a dried out crumbly mess! I am sure that if you were using it to make a sculpture that you wanted to harden then it is great stuff to use and works fast. If, however, like my daughter you like to use and re-use the clay then you had best be careful to get it all back into it’s container, get the lid on tight and make sure that you never ever use the stuff near carpet! Cleaning up the hard crumbled mess recently, got me thinking about spiritual life. If we let ourselves become hard and crusty however, could it be that we are just not all that useful to God? In order to remain soft and usable we must be sure to keep ourselves doing the things He has told us to do, such as, studying His Word, praying, meeting with other believers, serving and sharing. When we neglect such things we run the risk of becoming hard, crusty and useless!