The Makeup Brush Gospel

Photo cred: nicolewmakeup.com

I originally wanted to share with all the female readers of my blog a quick and easy Pinterest find on how to clean your makeup brushes. Who would have thought that through the process of cleaning my brushes I would learn more about the Gospel?? (are you laughing at me yet?) It's true though!!

Let me explain.

A friend of mine recently told me about a quick and easy way to clean your makeup brushes by just using warm water, Dawn soap and a splash of vinegar. She raved about this homemade concoction so I had to try it for myself.

My first victim was my brush that I use for my bronzer. If I am being completely honest, and you know on here we keep it real, that brush was disgusting. Anyone who wears bronzer can relate to having a brush that is always brown and messy. I let it get outta control though, it was so dirty and gross (You're welcome for the mental image). I wanted to take a Before picture of my brush to compare to the After picture but I was too embarrassed to let all you ladies see how messy I can be sometimes.

With a few swirls in this homemade Pinterest potion my brush was clean within seconds!!

I was amazed at how fast the gunk came off and I knew for sure I had to share this with y'all! I immediately regretted not taking a Before picture though. Without a picture of what my brush was like before you would have a hard time believing just how awesome it looked after. Without a Before picture my brush just looked like another clean brush.

And then BAM that's when I realized something.

As Christians we often hide who we were before the Gospel out of embarrassment of people seeing how messy we once were. It took me years to finally share my story because I was too afraid of people knowing how dirty and disgusting I once was. Instead I just shared my life after the Gospel and hoped that people would still get the gist of it.

Without a Before picture, my life looks just like another Christian who goes to church.

If I don't share my story of my life before Christ, how would someone know just how sweet it really is?

We share our story of our lives Before the Gospel changed us so that God may be continuously glorified in the After picture as well.

Without the sharing of our stories, some people may never know that God can change the hearts of:

Addicts

Liars

Cheaters

Thieves

Alcoholics

Lust-ers

Gossipers

Those people might feel like they are stuck in their patterns because no one can relate to them.

Our stories are proof that nothing we do can make Jesus love us any less.

Our stories are proof of how powerful the Gospel really is.

Our stories are proof that Jesus can make anyone clean, no matter how dirty you once were.

So I encourage you to share your story because through it you are making the power of the Gospel known to those who feel like they are stuck in their sin alone.