Pillow Talk
A few years ago, I could generally fall asleep within minutes no matter my location, my bed, or my pillow. I could use feather pillows, soft pillows, hard pillows, and no pillow. Pillows had not been a great concern for me.
My chiropractor told me a different story. Due to my indifference about where I laid my head, my neck and back were a bit out of whack. When I asked why it causing a problem, he responded with the most shocking news I could receive from a doctor: “You’re getting old.”
How could he talk to me that way and still expect to have his bill paid?
Too many doctors believe they are the boss in the relationship, leaving patients reading out-dated magazines in crowded waiting rooms as if our time were not important. They ask us to undress in cold sterile rooms, use cold instruments, and then insult us.
In the last few years, I have had doctors tell me I am getting old and I eat too much. My loving and adoring wife tells me the same thing for free, only she uses words such as “crotchety” and “fat”.
Yet as I consider the insulting words of my chiropractor, I must accept the truth. As such, my pillow has become a greater concern in “my old age”. To keep my neck and back aligned, I must sleep on a thicker pillow to keep my head straight at night. This will improve my spine alignment, which may increase my energy level, improve my digestion, and enhance my overall quality of life.
Who would have thought a little thing like a pillow would have such an impact on our entire day?
As I ask this question, I am reminded of how this concept applies to Scripture. God’s Word speaks about alignment with basic Biblical principles in many places, pointing out how these seemingly minor concepts can have great influence over our lives.
One good instruction begins with Titus 2:1, where we are told, “You must teach what is in accord with sound doctrine.” As we give advice, share what we know, or just have conversations, we should realize we are teaching others about ourselves. While this may be a little thing, Titus 2:1 tells us our teachings must be “…in accord with sound doctrine…”, or in alignment with Biblical principles. This alignment of minor things has great influence over our lives.
Further on, Titus 2:7-8 addresses that in all we do, we are teachers. “In everything set them an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us.” We are setting an example by the way we live our lives and conduct business, by the way we talk and act, and by the way we treat others. In this way we are teachers, and our teachings should show “…integrity, seriousness, and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned…”.
Could it be possible to live so that others would “…have nothing bad to say about us…”? This not only includes our enemies, but is specific in referring to “…those who oppose…” us in life.
While I hold this goal as one I may never reach, I must regard it as one to continue to strive for in all things. As we are told in Philippians 3:14, “I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”
By striving for this goal, we place ourselves in better alignment with God’s Word. This will improve our Spiritual alignment, which may increase our relationship with the Lord, improve our Spiritual foundation, and enhance our understanding of eternal life.
My chiropractor tells me that though I am “getting older”, it is not too late to change so that my spine is in better alignment.
1 Timothy 6:19 tells me that though I am “getting older”, it is not too late to change, for, “…in this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life.”
So, I am left with one question: How are you aligned?
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Glenn Sasscer
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