What a night! Last
night, I just couldn’t seem to stop coughing long enough to go to sleep. It was a dry cough that doesn’t remove any phlegm,
it just has a tickle in my throat that keeps me from sleeping. So I used an old trick: I put a Luden’s wild
cherry lozenge in my mouth and used my tongue to push it up between my first
and second molars and my cheek. The
cough drop melted ever-so slowly soothing my dry cough letting me drift off to
sleep. Each time that I turned over in
bed, I shifted the cough drop to the upper side of my mouth. It lasted about 3 ½ hours! But this morning, I realized that between my
cheek and teeth is exactly where most people put snuff (I plead the fifth amendment
on how that I know this)! While one
helps me sleep, the other is a nasty habit.
One has a soothing flavor while the other causes you to spit. One helps your breath while the other causes
your breath to stink. What a
contrast! I am so glad that I never
picked up the tobacco habit (thanks to a “mean” mother and a “mean” father). The worst that I do is Luden’s wild cherry. Solomon warned in Proverbs 25:28, “He that
hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and
without walls.” Hey, ask the dear Lord
for self-control today. You’ll be glad
that you did!
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