A Decimation of the Almost

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It has been awhile.  Last time I posted on my blog was when I put up one of my speeches I wrote for Rhetoric class.  Well.. I'm doing the same thing again.  I hope that's acceptable.  And if it isn't, just come find me.  Probably by the time you find me, I'll be drowning in finals.  (Which happens to be next week..  yay.)  Hope you enjoy:

A Decimation of the Almost:

 We’ve all had that feeling:  It starts in the top of your nose, and it works down your nasal passages.  Then it begins working up through your esophagus, gaining force as it rises.  Your face scrunches in preparation for that rib-rattling, earth shattering, tremendous sneeze to rip through your body.  Not only are you physically preparing for it, but you also strengthen your mind and spirit for that particular moment.  You think through how forceful it might be, whether you should raise your elbow or not, and how loud and noisy you are allowed to be depending on how many people are around.  These are just a few boxes you check in your mental thought process as you ready yourself to sneeze.

In a blink of an eye, you size all of this up.  And then, when that fateful moment comes, the moment you had been preparing for, you open your mouth… and nothing comes out.  If you ever considered nothingness, think of that, and that is what just issued out of your mouth.  You are justifiably enraged.

This is what we could title as, “The Almost Sneeze.”  It’s the equivalent of finally having an answer to a question in class, and the teacher passes over you to call on someone else. 

This “Almost Sneeze” leaves us disgruntled and wondering where along the path we went wrong.  For when you sneeze, you have this pleasant feeling in you that only a truly deep sneeze can bring.  And the almost-sneeze denies us that.  It is a perversion of what was intended to be a purification of the system.  This failure to accomplish the expectation of cleaning out explains the reason why so many people are distressed after the fact.

This corruption of the sneeze is yet another example of just how fallen man is.  And is yet another example of why we need a Redeemer.  Truly, the Apostle Paul put it well in Romans 8 when he said that even though man may sin, God still works it together for good.  Let us pray that He may continue to do so, even if we still struggle with the almost-sneeze.