outch.  good article.
Jenifer gilley
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remembering how to fly."
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Subject: Under the Wallpaper


> Under the Wallpaper
>
> "For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as
> children of light." Ephesians 5:8
>
> The only telltale sign anything was wrong with the wallpaper in the
> bathroom, was that it was curling up at the bottom corner. It looked
> pretty good, but underneath, we discovered black mold. The yucky stuff
> had to have been growing there a long time in order to get that bad. We
> finally determined that it had come from a hairline crack in the wall- a
> small water leak that had gone undetected until the paper was in this
> state.
>
> Underneath the wallpaper, the damage was so extensive that even some of
> the plaster was chunking off. The diagnosis was bad; the cure, worse: we
> had to take all the paper off, sand the wall, replaster, sand some more,
> and paint. Amazing how it could look so good on the outside and be so
> disintegrated and deteriorated on the inside.
>
> That is true of us, too. There have been times in my life when I looked
> pretty good on the outside, but what was going on under the exterior was
> far different.
>
> Sometimes things have to grow and fester for a long time. Eventually,
> when they get bad enough, things begin to change on the outside. Little
> habits, a little unforgiveness held onto, or a little dishonesty here or
> there. Small things build and grow, when they're not cleared up and
> being resolved.
>
> Often this can lead to attitude, people, or business problems, to say
> nothing of what isn't happening in the relationship with our Father God
> who desperately desires intimacy with us.
>
> I have been examining the wall paper in other spots. I'm also checking
> the paper in another room of the house. I was reminded, through all of
> this, that it would be a good idea to check under the "wallpaper" of my
> skin, to look into my heart and see if there are any little moldy things
> growing there. Better to take care of problems early on before the
> repair is major.
>
> Prayer: Thank you Lord for Your faithfulness, that You are always
> faithful, even in times that I am not. Today Lord, please bring to light
> and expose anything in my life that needs attention; anything that is
> not of You. In Jesus' name, amen.
>