CLEANLINESS AND GODLINESS ARE SIBLINGS!

Dear sister and dear brother in the Lord, do you know that being unkempt is not holiness or godliness. Or haven’t you heard that cleanliness and godliness were borne in the same womb? In common words, cleanliness is next to godliness. Can you just stop using Christianity as a disguise for your poor hygiene? Are you ignorant of the fact that you give room to “non believers” to ridicule your faith or do you just choose to ignore it ? Aren’t you supposed to be an ambassador for Christ? Just the same way it isn’t okay to be unclean spiritually as Christ’s ambassadors, it isn’t okay to be unclean physically too. Let your cleanliness not end within, let it radiate outwards .

Before you come for me, calm down and let’s talk. I’m not saying you should wear short dresses or trousers like me or wear tyres as earrings or use fake hairs . No bro, I’m not saying you should wear skin tight jeans or ribbed jeans ,I’m not saying you should keep an Afro or locks. You really do not need all of that. It’s okay to not wear earrings or too fitting clothes or trousers , it’s okay to not offend your skin with chemicals, I mean makeup. You really do not need any of that to make you beautiful. It’s okay to keep your hair short or bald, wear trousers big enough to fit two, use ties as long as Rapunzel’s hair, wear stripe on stripe. All of that do not really matter. I just need you to promise you’ll take proper care of yourself and clothings .

Being a Christian doesn’t mean going about without a proper bath for days. Don’t you think you should beg God for forgiveness for causing your neighbors discomfort with the offensive ooze from your body? I’m sorry, I do not mean to be rude or condescending, nor am I trying to exaggerate, I’m just stating a fact. One can be in the same room with some people sometimes and begin to wonder if a rodent died somewhere close to the room, only to discover later it was the smell of dead skin cells begging to be scrubbed off that was contaminating the insufficient oxygen in the room.

I know, I know, not all fingers are equal. In your heart of hearts, you’ll agree with me that the absence of wealth is no excuse to be dirty. I’ve seen people who almost have nothing but still try to look as decent as possible. When I say almost nothing, I mean it. I know of a woman who had just two pairs of wrapper, a few blouses, maybe not more than five, had two kids, the second was only a toddler. Her kids had very few clothes too. She’d wear a pair of wrapper twice, wash it and wear the other pair while the first one drys and kept repeating the process. She did the same for her children’s clothes too, especially the toddler’s, we know how messy toddler’s can be nah. She cleaned herself and her kids properly everytime, no offensive smell emanated from them at all. Their skin was always shining every morning like a mirror reflecting the sun rays. This is a woman who made the best use of the little she had. The absence of wealth was no excuse for her to be dirty.

I know some of you have way more than the mentioned woman, yet, you’d remember to take out that hair you’ve had on your head for the past two months without washing only after the bugs invasion. It’s okay if you can’t afford deodorants, I can’t always afford them too. The more reason you should scrub your armpits more and wash the other hidden place. I won’t beg you to shave, in case you were expecting that. Shaving is optional (I’d advice you do occasionally sha, if doing it regularly is too much work for you ) but washing properly isn’t, in my book. Don’t forget to brush your teeth daily too. Please, once a day is perfect, just do it. Is tooth paste the issue now? Whatever happened to using a chewing stick to clean? God bless the soul of whoever came up with such brilliant idea.

You may never have thought this far. Your untidiness is probably the reason no one cares to listen to what you have to say. It may be the reason people shut their doors in your faces when you go to evangelize. Why not try a new approach, be neat and smart at all times and see if people won’t listen to you more. This might be a very demanding task for you, but for the sake of this commandment, ” love one another as I have loved you ” and this; ” love your neighbor as yourself ” , perform it. And if you do not love yourself, the time to start is now, please. We complain of pollution all the time, don’t make yourself another type of pollution we have to deal with.

Dear sis and bro, is it safe to say we’re still cool after reading this? Or do you disagree?