Parable of the Panamanian Potty

A righteous person who yields to the wicked
is like a muddied spring or a polluted well.
Proverbs 25:26 (CSB)

Several years ago, I was on a short-term mission trip in Panama and visited a primitive island village off the northern shore. Think palm-thatched roofs over half-walled huts and muddy paths between each structure.

The community commode was a hut on stilts, situated over the river, with a hole in its floor. It is important to note that the washing of clothes and the drawing of drinking water took place UPstream from that primitive waste disposal facility.

I remember wondering at the time, though, whether there were any other villages further upstream.

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Truth is...As unpleasant a thought as it is to possibly be bathing in someone's sewer, imagine the stomach-churning irony of a person who claims to be a Christian, giving testimony of God's transforming power while allowing their own private/personal sin to have its way in their life.

Nobody's perfect, but . . .