Simple, Old Fashioned, Hasn't Changed in Years

You can’t improve on some things.

I don’t know how long brooms have been around. I tried to Google the history of the broom, but the most I could learn was that they have been used for centuries to sweep the floors of caves and homes. I guess we don’t know who invented the broom, but I suppose they have been around as long as there has been stiff grass and sticks. After all, that’s all a broom is. According to Wikipedia a broom is “a cleaning tool consisting of stiff fibres attached to, and roughly parallel to, a cylindrical handle, the broomstick.” (They even have a picture for anyone who has never seen a broom!)

A broom really is a very simple tool, and probably hasn’t changed much over the years. I have several brooms at my house. My mom uses a broom. Her mom used a broom, and her mom, and her mom, and her mom, and on and on.

I have hardwood stairs in my house. They are great for getting up and down, but terrible for collecting dust and just about everything else that floats through the air in my house. About once a day, or every other day we run a little vacuum around the house to help keep the dust and cat hair down to a manageable level, but it is a hassle to use on the stairs, so I usually take out the trusty ole’ broom and sweep each step off until I have a large disgusting pile of ‘stuff’ at the bottom and then I vacuum it up.

That simple, old fashioned, hasn’t changed in years broom. Some things are just hard to improve on.

The Gospel of Jesus Christ is like that. It hasn’t changed for over 2000 years, and yet it is still as functional as it ever was. So simple, yet so perfect. Jesus died so you can live.

Over the years some people have tried to dress it up, make it look better, make it sound better, make it more attractive, but the fact is: you can’t improve on perfection.

Most of us have heard the story before. Unfortunately many people today are waiting for something better to come along. Something that will be easier for them. Something that will line up with their terms. They try earning more money, working harder, giving to charities, giving their time to service projects, but the only thing that will really cleanse you is that simple, old fashioned, hasn’t changed in years Gospel.

Think about it.