Dan and I were blessed with a fun, relaxing weekend at our
daughter’s in North Carolina. She loves
living in this beautiful state…but we sure miss having her close to
us. So it is always a treat to be able
to spend time with her.
Erica enjoys hiking on Saturday mornings in the state park close
to her home, so we were thrilled to be able to do that with her. It was a warm day in the 90’s, but knowing
that a little sweat never hurt anyone, we climbed in our truck and headed for
the trail. I love being outside and
enjoying the beauty in nature and our views on Saturday didn’t disappoint. God’s creation was all around us and I felt
blessed to be able to experience it with two people I dearly love.
We made the wise decision that a shower was probably needed
following the 4 ½ mile adventure and before we could continue our day. So after we did what was necessary to make it
possible to be around others, we took off for lunch at Moe’s to refuel us. Good food and good conversation made a great
day even better.
We had already decided what would be on our agenda following lunch. We knew we would do something that I do every
time I visit Erica. It is something that
I have never done at home, but always make a point to get accomplished when I’m
in North Carolina. Erica directed us to
an area business where I got my eyebrows threaded.
I realize that there may be some of you who have no idea what
eyebrow threading is. In threading, a
thin thread is doubled, and then twisted. It is then rolled over areas of
unwanted hair, plucking the hair at the follicle level. Unlike tweezing, where single
hairs are pulled out one at a time, threading can remove short lines of hair. There are lots of people who think this is a
sadistic form of torture, but I enjoy it.
I have been “blessed” with very heavy eyebrows and it takes time and
effort to keep them from being a unibrow.
The problem is that I don’t often take the time to keep them under
control and so it makes me feel so good when I can get them cleaned up and
shaped in just a few minutes. The thing
is that even though it seems like it at times, my eyebrows don’t get out of
control overnight. It happens
gradually…one hair at a time. If I would
just make sure and take care of the unwanted strands as they appear, it
wouldn’t be such a major chore to get them shaped up. But unfortunately, I tend to ignore the signs
until it’s a rather major task to get them shaped and contoured.
This makes me think of what happens when sin begins to creep
into my life. It usually doesn’t occur
overnight or show itself in grand fashion.
It usually presents itself in small ways in the beginning and it’s easy
to overlook it and think it isn’t a big deal. The problem with that is that
those small “insignificant” sins begin to add up and before I know it, sin has
taken over and it takes a much bigger effort on my part to get things cleaned
up. God is able and willing to forgive
me no matter what I’ve done…but then I often have to deal with the consequences
of those things that I have allowed to creep in that have gone against His plan
for my life.
Hopefully as I grow in Christ, I will be more intentional on
squelching sin just as soon as it rears its ugly head, instead of allowing it
to slowly infiltrate my life. Just as it
feels good to I have my unibrow tamed once again…it feels even better when my
heart is clean and in tune with God’s will. But I know I have to be willing to take the
time each and every day to follow His leading and make the choices He would
want me to make. I know by doing that,
my life will be much easier in the days and weeks to come because I won’t have
to clean up the consequences of my neglect.
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