Did you know there are two kinds of sweat glands? There are! If you look it up on Wikipedia, you'll find there are the eccrine glands which are pretty much all over your body, and the apocrine glands which are in specific places on your body (like your armpits). Eccrine glands help regulate body temp. Apocrine glands "produce an odorless oily, opaque secretion which then gains its characteristic odor from bacterial decomposition." Why am I even talking about this?! Well, I read the following verses this morning and my mind went there. Read what Paul wrote in Colossians 2:9-10 (CSB) and I'll try to explain my thinking. For the entire fullness of God’s nature dwells bodily in Christ, and you have been filled by him, who is the head over every ruler and authority. Think about it, we swim but the water we swim in never enters our body (unless we open our mouths and swallow it). But we sweat when we swim. Why? Sweat helps regulate our body temperature. Sweat is a
I've been thinking a lot about how I perceive (interpret) a situation and my ability to maintain my joy through it. Follow me here... If I believe all things either come from the LORD or through His permissive will, and I believe He is always good and right, then why do I kick against the things I don't like or don't feel good? Isn't it from Him, for me, and meant for my good? Ugly conclusion? Facts can all be agreed upon, but when I allow my feelings to create doubt, I lose all my joy and peace. Both are still available, but I've chosen to focus on my perception of the situation---this doesn't feel good, I don't like it, this hurts; therefore, I conclude it must not be good and begin to question God. So, is everything really open to interpretation? Does my perception of my circumstances make them any less good for me? Does my inability or unwillingness to admit God's doing something I don't understand prevent me from living well? Disobedience? M