Sock, Cellulite and Other Mysteries
a devotional by Rhonda Rhea
Life is full of questions and mysteries. What is the meaning of life? Why do our socks periodically “rapture” and why don’t they ever go up in pairs? Why can only one person in the house put on a new roll of toilet paper? Why do we still get cellulite when we’re not eating anything fun?
If any of these mysteries are plaguing you, here are some insights and tidbits of wisdom to offer you some help: Check your Bible for the meaning of life. Buy all black socks in only one style. Get the mega-quadruple rolls of t.p. and then consider a toilet-paper alarm-system. Instead of vacationing at the beach, go to the mountains where cellulite doesn’t matter.
Many of the mysteries of life are beyond explanation. Such as how those fuzz balls get inside the lining of our jackets and why women always go to the ladies’ room in pairs. But we have been entrusted with the knowledge of the greatest mystery of all. Jesus said in Mark 4:11, “To you it has been given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God” (NKJV). Jesus set up his kingdom in our hearts when he came and gave his life on the cross.
Mismatched socks, cellulite, and fuzz balls are still a part of this mysterious fallen world. And personally, I’m still further baffled by the way my kids can’t hear me yell that it’s cleanup time, and yet they can hear me unwrap a Ding Dong from two blocks away. But if we’re talking about the truly important issues in life, we don’t have to find ourselves baffled. (And it’s yet another mystery why it’s so tough for me to put Ding Dongs and other vital forms of chocolate in the category of those things that are less important.)
Ephesians 1:7-9 says: “In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself” (NKJV). He has made know to us the mystery of his will! What a blessing that in a world of questions we’ve been given some concrete answers in God’s Word about the things that really count.
Who put the grilled-cheese sandwich in the VCR? That one will have to remain a mystery.
Excerpted from Amusing Grace—Hilarity and Hope in the Everyday Calamity of Motherhood by Rhonda Rhea, 2003 (Cook Communications Ministries, Colorado Springs, CO), pp. 75-76.
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