Roots

One very cool thing I have to mention is that I'm writing tthis blog using my birthday present from my husband!  Yes...this is being written using my Samsung tablet and keyboard dock.  Sweet! 

In other news, I have to go to the dentist this afternoon for a root canal. A couple weeks ago when I went for a cleaning and exam, I was told the swelling around one of my molars was from a nasty infection.  Yikes!  See I chipped this molar several years ago and it has had a porcelain crown on it since then.  It looks like a perfect tooth.  However, the dentist said that bacteria had managed to seep in under the crown and now the nerves inside the tooth were infected, thus causing the swelling.  I said "ok, but why doesn't it hurt?"  Apparently, the fact that there is no pain associated with this is because the roots of the tooth are already necrotic and dead.  Yuck!  I've been thinking though...how often is this same scenario true with our lives?  We look perfectly normal on the outside, but inside we are dying. We cover up our issues with a beautiful facade that looks absolutely perfect but when God examines us under His microscope, He can see that we are filled with dead, necrotic roots.  We need to make sure that our roots are exposed and that we don't allow our roots to become so infected that we see the symptoms , but can't find the real issue because we no longer feel pain.  Lord show us any underlying problems we may have and heal them.  Even though it may take plucking up some of our roots. We need to be whole inside and out...at this point in time, there is really no need in the church for fake, beautiful facades.  We need honesty and realness to reach the people around us.

XOXO
Amberly