works....where applied. Me being the queen of sunburns, I have learned this well. My skin soaks up the sun and my poor pale skin turns a rosy tint in just minutes. But let me clarify, this is not the bronzy, beachy, sunkissed look that people desire to achieve. Think more along the lines of lobster status, "hey girl- do you know sunscreen exists?" look. It's surely not attractive.
As I've gotten older I've realized the miraculous abilities of our beloved little friend, sunscreen. I liberally apply and reapply until I finally give up, & say ok sun, you win. Whats funny is when I don't apply enough and I end up looking splotchy and covered with awkward suntan lines. Then there are the days where I think this one day will be different, and I'll leave the pool looking like a bronzed goddess or something (um, yeah right!). So, if I know that sunscreen works, and I've seen that is works, why do carelessy apply sometimes or even not apply at all? I know the outcome of both situations but choose to ignore them.
Strangely (but surely not a rarity for the analyzer in me), I see quite the comparison between my decisions in life and my sunscreen tactics. Being humanly & imperfect, obviously every choice we make will not be the right one. But we
can do everything we are capable of to achieve positive outcomes, right? So what's the secret? Or is there even a secret? Instead of searching around looking for answers what if they are right infront of you? Such a simple concept, but all too often it is overlooked.
Everything that goes into a life of pleasing God has been miraculously given to us by getting to know, personally and intimately, the One who invited us to God. The best invitation we ever received! 2 Peter 1:3 Like sunscreen & the evident outcome of its use, we also know the way to living a life of peace but instead do everything we can to complicate the process resulting in a life of repetiveness and worry. I surely don't have it all figured out, but for some reason this past weekend inbetween nursing sunburns and small hangovers, the two become closely related in my mind. What if we replace sunscreen with God or any other concept we know to be good for us? ____ works, when applied. Seems so simple but something I need to be reminded of often. So today I 'm thankful for many things, but especially for this small little comparison God has used to tug on my heart strings and get me thinking.And for a little comical relief......
taking it back to 1999
:)
