Bloodstains

Sitting in church a few weeks ago I came upon the thought of bloodstains. Blood is an uncomfortable topic. We know that is causes deep stains. Despite Billy Mays would have us believe it is not easy to remove. Nor is it simply just an external impact. Blood is more encompassing than that. When blood is removed, so is life. Blood on our skin exposes us to many of the diseases in that blood. Blood can be exchanged between us. It is tested for our health. Its appearance makes many of us faint. It changes color with exposure to oxygen. It contains so much of who and what we are. The impact of blood can stain much more than our clothes.
Yet blood is also a unifying substance. Consider whose blood you have actually touched. It is likely to be a short list. Most, if not all of the people who's blood you've touched are very close to you. A friend, child or spouse. Maybe they cut themselves, maybe they got a bloody nose. Perhaps you helped them change a dressing after a surgery. Regardless it was very personal.
As Christians we believe that we are washed by the blood of Jesus. Do we often consider what it means to be washed in blood? Do we consider the exposure to his blood part of our unification with him? Has his blood stained your conscious, your life, your heart?