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.
