Soaking 101

 

I’ve been having an on-going conversation with the Lord about Truth. About how society feeds our minds and souls so much filthy trash. Asking Him to reveal what Truth is. And what lies I should extinguish out of my mind.

One lie in particular that I, as well as many other children, was feed is the old famous: “Sticks and stones my break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” What a lie from the pit of hell! Yes, sticks and stones may break my bones, but words may break my heart and that, my friend, is often much more difficult to mend. “But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men…” James 3:8,9. However, I don’t believe this lie is told to intentionally hurt us, but more to give a false sense of protection.  Well… how ‘bout that? Another lie! Let’s just lie to our kids to protect them. They won’t know the difference, right? Wrong!

That’s a story for another time. I’ll try to stay focused on my point here. You know how hard that is for me, right???? When I have so many voices talking in my head they all want to talk at once and I have to tell them, just as I tell the kids I nanny for, “Let’s not interrupt each other and take turns talking. I can’t hear you when everyone is talking at once.” Hopefully the voices in my head will grasp that concept some day. Fingers crossed.

I diverted. Back to the point. Soaking.

So I received this revelation a few weeks ago. Part of my conversation about Truth is where to find it and how to apply it to my life. I was cleaning my make up brush in which I use a special cleanser. I was grinding it fairly harshly (careful not to damage the bristles) to get the excessive residue off of my brush in an attempt to prevent/remove bacteria build up. After several rounds of spritzing cleanser on the brush, grinding the brush ever so gently in the palm of my hand, rinsing with water, watching all of the unused foundation wash out of the brush, and repeating until the water was more on the clean side than dirty side I realized this was not working. The water was not getting clean. There was so much build up in my brush that no amount of washing and grinding and rinsing was getting the make up out of the brush completely. But I wanted a clean brush to remove the potential for bacteria build up which would not be good for my skin. Since this repetition of spritz, grind, and rinse was not working it was obvious to me that I had gone too long without cleaning the brush and allowed the dirt to build up for entirely too long. I decided to pour some of the cleanser in a small cup and let the brush sit and just soak for a while. That way the cleanser could go deep in the brush and do it’s job.

That’s when the light bulb came on! I realized that I have allowed so many lies to build up in my soul that I am going to have to sit and soak in His Truth. Concentrated Truth. Not watered down by someone else or society. Straight from the source! If I had added water to the cleaning solution for my brush it would not have worked as well and taken longer to remove the buildup. You see, as long as we listen to the lies that society feeds us, bacteria will build up in our minds which is not healthy for our souls. We must keep them clean and clear of all lies in order to successfully seek His face and share His love. And this must be done on a regular basis or “clean up” has the potential to get pretty messy.

So then…. This sparked another conversation. What exactly is soaking. I’ll get to that next. Hang tight.