Clearing up other people’s waste is extremely costly. Across Britain today there are hundreds of sites containing tonnes of waste, and eleven have now been labelled ‘supersites’ with more than 20,000 tonnes each. The cost of the clear up is unknown but will run into millions of pounds with one site alone costing more than £9m.

The problem is some people don’t want to have to pay to get rid of their waste. They would rather dump it on others and let them pay the cost. But how fair is that?

In life too our selfish hearts accumulate all kinds of waste which we don’t know what to do with. Sometimes we try burying it but generally it spills over and others end up paying the price. How often have we thought, said or done something that we wish we hadn’t? The overflow of waste, the effect of our falling short of God’s standards, the collateral damage caused by sin.

If only there were someone who could clear up the mess; someone willing to pay the price. Well, there is. His name is Jesus and 2,000 years ago he died in the Jerusalem rubbish tip, giving his life so that we could be clean.

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