You just sneezed into my mouth.

My family is just now recovering from nearly a month of nasty flu yuckiness (feel free to look it up on WebMD).  We have been through more boxes of Kleenex's in the last month than we should have to use in a year. 

Feeling sick is never good, but having sick kids is way worse.  You would do anything to make these little ones feel better, but there's not much you can do.  So, when they stumble into your room at 3am and ask if they can snuggle in your bed - you feel morally obligated to say "of course!"  This happened to Alissa and me about a week ago.  Elleyana gets pulled up into the bed between us, I close my eyes, and what happens?  She sneezes directly into my face.

Now, I'm a very loving dad.  Did I scold my daughter for sneezing in my face?  Of course not - I wiped my face of, like a man, and closed my eyes again without saying a word. 

Then, she sneezed in my face again. I opened my mouth to say something - and she immediately sneezed into my mouth.

Elle sneezed right into my mouth. It happened.  Having sufficiently learned my lesson, I turned and faced the other direction.

I was trying to comfort my sick little girl, and she sneezed her sickness all over me.

Will this keep me from helping Elle the next time she is sick? Absolutely not - but I might be more careful about where her germ sprayer is pointed.

As Christians I believe that we should always be looking for people who are in need of our help and comfort.  However, with that in mind, we also need to be responsible and cautious.



In Galatians 6:1 it says:  "Brothers, if someone is caught in any wrongdoing, you who are spiritual should restore such a person with a gentle spirit, watching out for yourselves so you also won’t be tempted."


People are contagious.  We pick up the habits, phrases, and sometimes even the colds of people that we spend a lot of time with.  The love of God that we share will hopefully be seen in us and sought after by them.  However, this does not mean that because we began the relationship with good and holy intentions that they aren't contagious as well.  Guard your heart, guard your mind, and guard your face - you never know when they will sneeze right in your mouth.