Hot Shower

 

I was in a hurry this morning when I took my shower, and I learned a great lesson in self-denial.  I usually like to take a leisurely hot shower like this: I turn on the water and get it hot.  Then I flip the lever to the shower, adjust it so that it is too hot, and then I back it off just a little bit.  I wash and soak, and then soak and wash.  And when I get out, my body looks like a steamed lobster.  I put baby lotion all over because my skin is itchy.  But as I said, today I was in a hurry.  So the shower was warm, but not too warm.  And that let me hurry along and not dawdle enjoying the hotness.  When I got out, I had no time for lotion.  I was in a hurry.  But later in the day, I reflected on the morning.  My skin wasn’t itchy because of the tepid water.  The hot, hot water was causing my itchy skin.  So, if I didn’t indulge in the hot water, I saved time, I helped my skin, I saved on the water bill, and I saved on the electric bill.   AND … I felt better about myself because I wasn’t pampering my flesh.  Romans 13:14, “But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof."