A little cleansing never hurt anybody.

I am sorry for anything that is about to be read in this post. I am at this very moment experiencing IRONY, and thought it would be fun to share. A few weeks back I was in the hospital for several days due to diverticulitis (an inflammation of the diverticulum…more information than you needed I am sure). The follow-up treatment is always a colonoscopy  6-8 weeks after the inflammation has cleared up. I am having my procedure tomorrow (nope, this is not a sad sack post…I promise). There is a prep for a colonoscopy, (created I am sure by an EVIL one-eyed gnome for the sole purpose of traumatizing your diverticulum into never inflaming again). The prep is 2 packets that you take five hours apart, they each make 5 fl. oz of liquid. The first round is followed by five eight-ounce glasses of water, the second round (5 hours later) is followed by three eight-ounce glasses of water. I have finished both rounds of prep and have yet to experience any side effect, such as, but not limited to, my colon cleansing. Nope…no cleansing here, still as dirty as ever.  This is a problem, because I have a 7 am appointment with a man who is in for the shock of his life if this medication does not work. Let’s just say his OR scrub will be a whole different color (and scent), if this medication doesn’t work, soon. ( 🙂 I just had a mental picture, and now I can’t stop laughing). Right about now you’re thinking, “Gross” and “What’s your point?” Here it is: We all have areas of our life that need to be “cleansed”. Things that lay on the inside and fester causing inflammation and infection.  On this journey there will be days when what’s on the inside affects how we travel. We need medication. Cleansing is never fun, the medication is bitter, and once it starts working it shows us what’s REALLY on the inside. But once it runs its course, we’re are light, free, fresh…CLEAN.

“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9).

So what am I thankful for today? Evil one-eyed gnomes and the chance to come clean (LITERALLY).