There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known. Luke 12:2
WARNING: Cologne does not eliminate stink! This should be on every cologne bottle sold to teenage boys. Just because one puts the cologne on after sweating, it doesn’t mean the stink disappeared. The bad bacteria has to be scrubbed away in order to eliminate the odor.
Just like a teenage boy, covering a skunk in cologne does not change the fact that if the skunk sprays, it’s still going to stink. That special skunk smell will now just be mixed with the cologne smell; however I highly doubt we would even smell the cologne after such an incident.
When my great-aunt was in the army overseas she had a skunk with her for a short time. We’ve always loved to hear her stories of military life, but this is one I really got a kick out of. She decided to take the skunk with her onto base one day. She walked through the office with that skunk and saw calm, controlled military personnel go into a bit of a panic. She grinned, knowing the pet was “disarmed” and there wasn’t any danger of anyone getting sprayed, however she sure did love seeing the reactions.
It’s harder to tell what the inside of a person is like than that of a skunk. We go into defense mode as soon as we see that black and white little body. We have a healthy fear of being sprayed with just that image. There is no pretending for that skunk. It can’t pretend it’s anything besides what it is. No, it doesn’t actually have the green waves coming off it as it’s walking around, but we know what it’s capable of.
People are a whole different ballgame. It’s harder to recognize if there’s a stink on the inside of people because it can be masked with a good looking outside. The outside can be sugar and spice and everything nice, but the inside can be quite “skunky”.
People can be more deceiving than skunks. They can get pretty good at masking their true feelings. However, with skunks, just like with people, there isn’t anything we can hide on the inside while acting a different way on the outside that isn’t going to eventually be made known. Just like a teenage boy or a skunk, the stink isn’t going to be masked for long.
When you get mad, just like a skunk, it’s going to come out! Work today on letting your inside and outside match. Scrub away that bad bacteria and be genuine because eventually the stink is going to come out if you don’t.
