1/28/08 "Toothpaste"

When I was a youth at Beaver Dam Baptist, I remember the youth minister, Doug King, doing a children's sermon while attempting to brushing his teeth. He started off greeting the kids and then asking them to wait a second while he got a toothbrush and toothpaste out of his blazer pocket. He held the toothbrush and then asked a child to help him put toothpaste on the brush. The kid put some on and then Doug said that was too much and he wanted the child to put the toothpaste back in. The child had a puzzled look on his face, tried to put it back, and then said that he couldn't put it back in. It was too late.

Then, Doug went on to mention that sometimes when we speak, we say things that we can't take back and that we should think about what we say before we say it. In my church years, I have had many people say things I was not quite expecting. Some folks have said many nice things and other made me wonder if they had talked with Christ over the past few centuries...

These devotions are important to me because it focuses my thoughts on Christ each day, instead of my personal needs and desires. So each morning as you brush your teeth, remember the toothpaste whitens your teeth, protects them from germs, and cleans them. Your devotional time each morning also helps to clean your thoughts and protect them from worldly things.