Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded (James 4:8b).

I’m not double-minded.

OK, sometimes I am.

Well, no I’m not…eh, maybe a little.

And a sinner?  Hey, just look at me and see if you think I’m a sinner!

Oh..

At first read, this verse is obviously about others

until I stop

and listen

to the ongoing war

in my soul.

until I do wash my hands

and see

the filth

that I just can’t scrub away.

Oh Lord, please step in

again

and do what I can not do for myself.
Amen?