Wednesday, August 24, 2005

Sometimes this christian thing is like pulling teeth!

What does God do when He finds rotten character issues stinking up our spiritual walk? He yanks it out to be exposed by ripping it out by the root.
I made a discovery on Saturday afternoon, I found a small hole in my wisdom tooth. I poked around with my tongue, got out a mirror, and sat in front of the mirror for a while making funny faces. My hubby suggested that it was probably a filling that had fallen out, and left the a hole where they had drilled. This made sense to me, so I got on the phone with my cousin the dentist, and told her I needed a new filling. Well yesterday I went in to see her, and she layed it on me that I was not missing a filling, I had a rotten tooth! She said she'd have to pull it, or I'd be in for a major tooth ache. Now, this was the first time seeing my cousin as my dentist. I was nervous to get her reaction to my teeth. I even brushed the crap out of my daughters teeth, just incase she checked in there! My husband was bugging me about how now she'll know how gross my mouth is and at family gatherings she'd be weird around me. Of course he was kidding, but he based it on the fact that I have never really taken good care of my teeth. So, I had a rotten tooth, and it was litterally falling apart from the inside out. I had tooth decay. Groooooossssss! I was so embarassed! She pulled it out, root and all, and exposed to me and everyone else in the room, a black tooth.
I want to use this as encouragement to those who find themselves in situations where God is exposing some things in your life that may seem black and rotten. God wants to rip that out, and save you from major pain! He will finish what He's started! He's promised! Whether you're in the freezing process, the pulling process, or the complete exposure of your black tooth, you are in a good place! You are safe, and He is pleased with you!
I found it so amazing that my cousin made me feel so comfortable and accepted. She kept assuring me that it wasn't my fault, that it was quite common that wisdom teeth experience decay, as they're real hard to keep clean way back there. She gave me way more freezing then I ever thought nessesary, because she didn't want me to feel a thing. And I didn't! She even told me that I had great and beautiful teeth! HA! She showed me right then and there, that she has an uncontional love for me, whether my whole mouth is rotten or not. But really though, is this not how God comforts us? It's ok, it may hurt a bit, but it's for your own good. Don't worry about how you got here, I forgive you! Now let's get to work and get that outta there! Ready?

7 comments:

  1. Great post. Thanks for sharing. It is just amazing how God can come in and take something that may be shameful for us, overwhelm us with His grace and then completely remove the shame...so much so that we are willing to talk openly about it and share His goodness!

    --tina

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  2. Now are you going to start brushing....??????
    (big sister voice)
    Good post!

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  3. You had a rotten tooth?!?! Gross!!! I am going to look at you sooo different now. Your toes too. LOL
    Just hackin on you like I always do, you are love and accepted.
    You ever tell the story about how I took you on with my little finger?? That would be a great blog story, hehehhe.

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  4. great story...now I'm going to echo carebear. You really ought to take care of those teeth. Dentures really aren't as easy as they sound. You'd much rather keep your own teeth. You may not see results in the next few years, but don't put yourself up for a possibility of big disappointment with dentures! : )

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  5. Thanks for the tip Ms. denture maker ;)
    I'll store it in my "consideration" file.

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  6. You are growing into such a wise woman my dear friend, See you Saturday at 10.

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  7. time for a new blog missie

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