成人快手

A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Dr Krish Kandiah

Good morning

Over the last few weeks I have become acutely aware of surfaces I touch routinely in the course of a day. The handles of shopping baskets, door handles, letterboxes, payment touch pads 鈥� have become sources of worry. The coronavirus pandemic is changing our relationship with hygiene. Now whenever a family member sneezes in my home, there follows a chorus of 鈥渨ash your hands鈥� instead of a 鈥渂less you鈥�. I am beginning to see just how difficult life always is for my son and others living with OCD.

There is danger without 鈥� but there is also danger within. Shakespeare understood this when he has Lady Macbeth scrub her hands in a vain attempt to expunge a blot of guilt from her conscience. No matter how hard she washed the stain remained. No amount of soap or anti-bacterial gel would purge her soul. King David, after he had abused his position and power with terrible consequence, longed to be clean too 鈥� he prayed to God for help to be purified from the wickedness he knew came from inside him.

鈥淐leanse me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
Wash me and I shall be whiter than snow.

What a relief that someone can indeed cleanse those hard-to-reach parts of our inner lives. We do not need to be fearful that our hearts are polluted or infected beyond help. In the sight of God we are acceptable, welcome, made perfect. This spiritual and moral deep clean is available to all of us whatever our challenges and struggles.

Lord of all forgiveness,
Cleanse us from the inside out
Give us an unblemished heart through your sacrifice for us
Purify our thoughts and deeds, our motivations and our desires.

Amen