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Lip Balm and Need :: How Necessity Breeds Clear Thinking
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Few things are as painful and annoying simultaneously as severely chapped lips. Not only is there supreme discomfort, there is the constant re-injury of the already aggravated areas every time you smile, laugh, eat, yawn or do anything that involves your lips. The pain induces the dog-like response of licking the wound, which only serves to intensify the existing problem, making the whole process cyclical, repetitive, and incredibly annoying! I hate chapped lips!
Luckily for me, though, I only get this affliction a couple times per year. My lips are like the Porche of lips…0-60 so quick it makes your head spin. I go from normal, no-need chops to a hamburger-like orifice on my face in what seems like minutes. One minute I’m fine; the next, I’m shriveled and cracked, begging for some moisture. It’s really bizarre.
If you know me, you know that I don’t like anything that has to do with moisturizing. I don’t like lotion, conditioner, lip balm, hand cream, etc. Not that those things are bad, I just don’t like using them and I’m stubborn. I could probably benefit from all of the aforementioned products, but I really don’t like having ooey-gooey stuff on me and I’m reluctant to re-apply when needed.
I’m just not a moisturizer.
That is, until the chapped lips strike. Read More→
God, Adam and Eve :: Why Love and Control Are Not the Same
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I was reading in Genesis the other day, taking in the Bible in a bit of a different way. There is a new publication by Zondervan that takes the TNIV version of the Bible and lays it out in one readable story: chronologically, in story form, omitting the places where events are repeated, delivering the story of God’s love in a seamless, readable way. You can look at it in depth over there under the Amazon Books section. ===> (Plug finished!)
I’ve read the story of Adam and Eve many times and heard a variety of sermons on the subject. The delightful thing about the Bible, though, is its ability to speak to you in new ways each time it is opened. It’s really incredible!
In the account of the fall of man, we all know and understand that the forbidden fruit was eaten against the request of God, and mankind fell into sin. I knew all about that. What struck me during this reading, however, was completely different. I’m sure I’ve read and heard about the Tree of Life that was placed next to the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil plenty of times, but I don’t think I ever considered it. You see, God placed the Tree of Life in the same category as all the other trees. They were free to eat of it. They were free to receive life. And God could have left it that way. No Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, no problem…right? Just offer life with now choice of rebellion or death. Why not? (Genesis 2:8-9)
Unfortunately, there can’t be love when that kind of control is present. Read More→
