A single zebra mussel filters as much as 2 quarts of water a day. The irony of a plague that purifies is also reflected in the Psalms. Yet it was those same troubled waters that caused him to keep running back to the Lord. Impurities in our lakes are nothing compared to the misbeliefs that invade our thoughts. Water pollution hardly compares to the poisons of the lies we tell ourselves.
Nothing is more toxic than pride and self-reliance.
The pain that stops us can also purify us, for in our problems we can learn God's ways. Adversity may be a blessing in disguise.