man in dirty

Lev14 continues our thoughts on the whole tough-to-get-through-but-worth-it readings. Looks like it's all about washings and bird sacrifices and leprosy. But check out that last line:

"to teach when they are unclean and when they are clean. This is the law of leprosy."

There's a lesson here about sin and its consequences. Small -- like a leprous scab -- or not, the infection and the dirtiness and the uncleanness spreads. Everything in contact with that very little thing -- even big things like houses and stones and plaster -- is ruined. A whole household literally and figuratively and spiritually can be completely ruined by one little sin.

Tough words for a father to hear.