Crap and Vomit

Last night, i had the pleasure of unclogging my toilet bowl. It was quite the scene, down on my knees, baby in one hand, plunger in the other, water everywhere. My son is quite curious and had to watch his dad try to fix the toilet. This is not an uncommon experience. Actually, in the past 3 weeks, I've unclogged my toilet about 6 times. I don't know about you, but that's a pretty big number for me. Maybe it was all the food from Christmas, maybe it was the amount of Christmas guests, maybe its my new plan to gain weight (don't poo), or the Mexican food, or maybe just a combination of it all...

I want to rewind to approximately a month ago. My son was feeling a little sick and had a slight fever. I gave him some baby Tylenol and a bottle and put him to bed. An hour later, he woke up screaming. I checked on him and it appeared that he had thrown up. He looked sad and confused and so i took him in my arms and was trying to calm him down when two seconds later, he threw up again, but this time into my mouth. Now here i was, son in hand, vomit on both of us and chunks in my mouth. I laughed. He laughed too (apparently that was all he needed to do to feel better).

Whats the point of me telling you all this? Why the focus on poo and vomit? People, I've been in some disgusting stuff lately. And if you are human, I'm sure you are either in or have been in some disgusting stuff. Maybe its relationship troubles, or crazy debt or trying to figure out your career and realize you have none. Life sometimes has some poo and vomit.

On the new CD, The Sound by Mary Mary, there is a song called 'Dirt' and its about how we need a little dirt to grow. At first I thought it was kinda stupid and childish but I think i need to change the word to 'shit' (i normal don't use that word but it fits). Poo doesn't hurt (unless you got some real toilet issues) but its gross and yucky and it smells bad. No one wants to deal with poo but we have all do it. No one wants to deal with their bad attitudes or spending habits or their fear of intimacy cause it stinks and its gross. But we've all got it.

Amen God loves me and can use the "dirt" in my life. He loves me no matter what and is helping me to work through the dirt in my life. He knows i will be happier with it cleared away. He understands that it may take some time. But He wants me to look at it and deal with it. He is apparently not afraid of dirt or crap or poo or shit. He wants to deal with it.

So as 2009 begins, I'm trying to keep my toilet unclogged and keep my eyes open to see what crap needs to be cleaned out in my life. I wonder if God has a really big plunger...considering the crap He's trying to take out of my life! Ha!