About two weeks ago I recreated our counter-top (I gave it a face lift) in a faux granite look. I love it. Over the weekend, I was given five baskets of tomatoes. What a blessing!! So I made spaghetti sauce. Do you know it’s very hard to make spaghetti sauce without making a mess? It is, trust me on this. This morning as I was making coffee I decided to wipe off the counter-top. It didn't look too dirty, so it wouldn't take too long, right? Wrong!!! As I started cleaning, I noticed that the counter-top was filthy even though it didn't look dirty at all. I was congratulating myself on choosing colors that would hide the dirt well, then suddenly I stopped and laughed at myself. Did I really want the dirt to be hidden? Of course not!! I want The counter-top to BE clean mot just appear to be clean. I thought of when Jesus called the Pharisees whitewashed tombs. What he was saying is that, although they lo...