Muddy Faces

Have you seen that commercial where the guy is walking along the street, and keeps seeing people with mud on their faces? At first he's really surprised and seems to be thinking “That is weird!” But as he sees more and more people like this he seems to be less surprised; and more comfortable with the fact that they have mud on their faces. Then, near the end of a very odd 60 seconds he sees this beautiful car covered in mud. He walks up to it and sticks his face and hands to the window for a look inside. As he walks off -with mud on his face- you see face and hand prints all over the windows of the car.
Pretty silly isn't it? But when I saw that commercial it immidiatly reminded me of something us Christians do. We could call it fitting in, being normal or conforming; but whatever we call it, it's sin.
We see someone doing something wrong (it could be a stranger, friend, relative, or even on TV) and at first it's appalling. But as we are exposed to this sin more and more we become comfortable with it, maybe even accepting of it. Then, when the chance comes along to do it ourselves, sometimes we do. It just looks so fun or pleasant; and hey everybody else is doing it!We can't be like the guy in the commercial. Just because everybody else sticks their faces to the window doesn't mean we should. We should love the people with mud on their faces; but we should separate ourselves from them and not become accepting of their ways.There may be times we feel like the only one with a clean face; but how attractive is mud anyway?