Detox

What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word "Detox"?  Lindsay Lohan? Hollywood check in's at rehabs?

What is a toxin, is it a benefit or a detriment?  Don't be shy, when you have the answer you can say it.  They say Elvis died with 15lbs of a backed up colon!  If anyone needed a colon detox you see on those infomercials, it was him.

Our home is over 120 years old, and sometimes more than liquid plumber is needed to clear the pipes.  In our lives there are some things we can't do by ourselves, and need a professional.  I'm reminded of some of the latest "Tirerack.com" commercials where questions are asked of the wrong people...Silly.  Yet many times that is exactly what we do; we fail to go to the Professional who made us in His image.

When our lives get disrupted, we can no longer depend on the things we did before, and we don't have control over our circumstances or timetable. Maybe God is doing some detox in our lives?
However, even in the midst of the re-construction, the glory of the Lord is revealed in that place. For some, it is the first time they've ever seen the hand of the Lord in their life to the degree that this process allows them to experience Him. It is a process they would never choose to go through voluntarily, but it is an experience they value for the rest of their lives because the glory of the Lord was revealed in the process. Once the process is complete, things begin to flow better, and for that to happen, we may have to wait patiently on The Lord.

Like St Augstine said- "You have made us for yourself O Lord, and our soul is restless until it finds rest in You."