Where I'm from they call hot water bottles "hotties". Knowing that may make you realize I'm not talking about really good looking men. But… hot water bottles… and SIN?? Yeah.
So a few weeks ago I was FREEZING and got my hottie all ready to take to bed with me (sheesh, that just sounds bad!) but couldn't find the cover. Not a problem I thought! I went to sleep hugging that bottle like it was the only thing keeping me alive! haha It was sooooo nice and warm, in fact, so warm that I had to keep changing it up and moving it around cuz it was actually TOO warm. Man it was nice though, and in no time, I was fast asleep.
I got up the next day, went to take a shower and noticed I had blisters on my stomach! Full on, sticking out, burn blisters! "What the?!" was my initial response. And then I remembered… my hottie. Ugh. But I didn't feel it burning me, and it must have been sitting on my skin for a while to give me blisters like that. But honestly - I did not feel a thing all night long! Slept like a baby actually (without all the waking up and screaming for food that is common to babies). I'm pretty sure that's why you're supposed to have a cover for the hottie. Apparently when you're sleeping, the burning happens slowly over a long period of time, and you never know. WEIRD.
I got to thinking about sin, and how sin is like a hottie = All nice and cozy to begin with, feeling like you just can't live without it, comforting… but in the "morning" or whenever the sin is finished, you have full-fledged blisters on your heart and soul. And you didn't even feel them forming. Those blisters, as the ones on my stomach, take time to heal. And depending on the depth of the sin and the depth of the burns… there may be some serious scars left behind. Wow. It's so true!
So remember that the next time the enemy tries to taunt you into doing something you know you shouldn't. Remember the hottie. Remember the scars. And remember that you won't feel the burning until it's too late.
I just noticed this morning, probably about 3 weeks after the hottie incident, that I still have a mark from one of the blisters. Hmmm. Really need to find that cover!!
