Its all about deoderant and prayer

Deoderant.

Not a subject readily talked about. Assumed, mostly, but not really fleshed out. I have had only had a few conversations over the years about deoderant, and must of them were quite informative and embarassing, especially during my coming of age periods...thanks mom :). I am however, posting a link to an article about deoderant, because these fun facts are pretty hilarious.

One of these fun facts that maybe you knew, but I definately didn't was that one researcher thinks that we early humans were not eaten by large animals because we smelled so badly. wow? That is surely an interesting take. Not sure that I buy it, but definitely a fun one to think about.

Here is that link, by the way...http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/personal/05/06/mf.deodorant.fun.facts/index.html

So, what does deoderant and prayer have in common?
Nothing really.

I just wanted to blog about deoderant and be a bit silly, yet if we really stretched it, I imagine that we could find some connections...use daily, creates a pleasent setting, covers us...and so many more!

Seriously, though, today is our national day or prayer. This is a day that we set aside as a nation to simply pray. We join together, as one community, all of us, and communicate with God about our lives, our nation and our world. When we think about it, it is kinda cool that so many people, today, are pausing to speak with God. In a world full of divisions and seperations, we come together on this day.

My hope is that we as a Christian community work to grow more and more connected and less and less polarized. Seperations within denominations and amongst belief systems sometimes put us at odd ends, but truly, we Christians are praying to the same God. 99% of our beliefs amongst Christians are the same, but its that simple 1% which always creates controversy.

So, on this day, may we offer up to God a prayer for all of us and may we be one community, under our God of true unity.

Grace and Peace,
Micah