“Maina And Her ‘Dirty Rug Doll”: Sinners In The Hands Of A Loving God

 There was a preacher, who gives his powerful and famous homily titled, “sinners in the hand of an angry God.” with this preaching on the righteous vengeance of God for our inquity, people were drive to repent with their sins, revival broke out that time. His name was Jonathan Edwards.

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 I want to portray God in this homily article as a loving Father to his people.  Let me tell you this story of a little girl name, Maina.

One day she receives a beautiful rug doll from her Ninong. She is very delighted of having that doll, though it was made of pieces of clothes. The color of that rug doll is white as snow.

Maina, a 7 year-old girl who loved to brought her lovely doll with her everywhere she goes. To the playground when she played, to her bedroom when she sleep, to her school, when she studied, until the pigment of that rug doll changes to a dirty white. One day, while Maina was sleeping into her bedroom, her Mom took the rug doll and throws it into the trashcan for its color and bad smell.

When Maina, woke up she looks for her precious “dirty rug doll.” Until she asked her Mom, “Nanay do you keep my doll?

Her mother replied her back, “I throw it, my baby into the trash can. Here look I have bought you more beautiful, more expensive, more big teddy bear.

However, Maina, did not pay her attention to that teddy bear, instead she run away going to the trash can and look for her “dirty rug doll.”

 When she found that rug doll, she embraces it tightly.

When her Mom saw, that Maina is embracing that dirty rug doll, she forcefully grabbed it.  However, Maina didn’t give up her doll.

Until her mother said, “ok my baby, give that dirty rug doll to me and I will wash it in our washing machine.”

 Her mother took the rug doll and put it into washing machine, put some detergent to take the bad smell and to clean it up. When it is dried, her mother sprays some perfume to make it smell good. Then her mother gives it to her. The days, weeks and months passed by,  Maina  loves to  brough that rug doll wherever she goes, until her rug doll looks like a chukka doll.

One day her mother forcefully tried to took it from Maina. However, Maina hold closes of it firmly and said to her Mother, “Nanay you cannot take this dirty rug doll away from me, I know it is dirty but I love it.”

 Her Mon did nothing but to wash it again.

            In this homily I, want portrayed our Lord Jesus like Maina who loves us like a ‘dirty rug doll.’Yes, God hates the sins; however, He desperately loves us, sinners. We are like dirty rug doll in the hands of a loving God. In our  life’s trails and temptations, the enemy tried to snatch us out from his hand like what Maina’s Mom did to her rug doll. However, He promises us that, “no one can take you out of my hand.”

            Yes He did it.  He said,” I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. [John 10:28 NIV]

 No one can take us out from his loving arm. Name it, He promise, No one, No one can take you out from my hands.