Day 18: Feeling a bit better

Another crazy day. Short day at work, long day with the kids. I'm not really sure if I'm dehydrated... I can be fairly sure I am, but the latest (and most annoying) symptom is an incredibly dry mouth. To the point where it's hard to talk at times, and of course in the mornings, I can just about gag myself to death trying to brush my teeth. TMI? Too bad. It's life.

Today at work, a lady offered me some donuts. And another man was passing out blueberry scones... I'm a sucker for blueberry. More than anything else, though... the smell of Taco Bell drives me nuts. Specifically... those flatbread chicken things. I haven't even eaten one before... yet it still drives me crazy.

I read a quote that stuck with me, and impacted me:

"Cowards never won heaven. Do not claim that you are begotten of God and have His royal blood running in your veins unless you can prove your lineage by this heroic spirit: to dare to be holy in spite of men and devils." - William Gurnall

That stirs me. "To be holy in spite of men and devils". I'm not doing the best job of being separate, being holy, being sanctified. I need to work on this. Be better than what I have been. Easier said than done... but I'm going to try for more. I don't like being lukewarm, trying for God halfheartedly, yet still trying to keep a foothold on the world. Revelation 3 says that God will "Vomit me out of his mouth". Not nice. So I suppose I had better get my act together. Piece by piece. It's started now.