In The Toilet - November 29, 2001

 

For this week's devotion I thought we'd do something a bit different. As you know, I usually take a daily event or occurrence and try to draw out what God is saying "between the lines" for you. This week I'm going to share something that happened to me and let you create your own applications. This is kind of a do-it-yourself devotion!

 

The following event is true and factual (and too weird for even me to make up!)

Two Sunday's ago after we had finished our morning concert I was in my dressing room changing. I am so honored that I have a special reserved dressing room in every church we go to, although my name is often misspelled on the door as "MEN". This particular restroom was fairly small so my clothes and things were taking up most of the available space. The door opens up and in pops a fellow with a camera. He explains that it is a new digital camera he is trying to figure out how to use, so he stands there aiming at the toilet, pushing buttons and clicking away. After a few tries he gets the flash to work and captures a breathtaking portrait of the local porcelain wildlife. Then he turns to me, proudly displays his picture of the gleaming white throne and says "here is the most used and least appreciated room in the house." With that he turned and walked out the door, leaving me standing with my mouth and zipper hanging wide open.

There you have it! I've been around God long enough to know that anything that strange has to have a deeper meaning, but I haven't come up with any I can print here. So now you can give it a try. I'd love to hear the results, so e-mail them to me. And if you get stuck on today's topic, don't feel bad. That just means this devotion won't be as much of an 'Inspiration Station' as a 'Constipation Station'.

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