Analogy

The other day at work I cut my hand. (And no Gretchen, it was not by a knife.) So I found some band-aids and wrapped up my wounds. But I soon found out that that was not going to do much. It still hurt; I don’t think I even washed off my cut before bandaging it. That’s just crying infection right?! And I’m sure it will leave a small scar.

Here is where my analogy comes in.

Sometimes in life we get cut (aka sin). If we leave these cuts unattended to, it can get infected (aka more or other sins). And the pain from the cut remains. (pain=heartache) and if this cut is unattended to it will leave a scar. (Or spiritual scars.)
But here is the great thing. We have something in life that can help with our
“cuts”. Neosporin! (aka the Gospel)
Neosporin can help prevent an infection from occurring. It can help deaden pain. And most importantly, with the help of Neosporin it can help what could have been a nasty scar that would hang around all the rest of our lives, to something that seems as if though it never existed. This scar healing action of Neosporin is repentance or the atonement.
If we simply take the action of applying “Neosporin” to our “cuts” it would surprise you of the healing action it can provide.

So when life “cuts” you, don’t think, “oh, a band-aid will fix that right up!” Apply Neosporin liberally, and daily.