Snakebites and Peroxide - (revisited)

   Today I was going through my old posts, and I came across this one entitled, "Snakebites and Peroxide". Since it looked like most had missed it, I have reposted it with some revisions for your upliftment and learning. Enjoy!

     So, in my last area, I was out visiting some people, that happened to own some beautiful pythons. We had actually just helped bring over a new tank to their house for the snakes when naturally we started playing with them. All of a sudden (drum roll please) one of the snakes lunged and latched on to my hand. It was pretty intense. It took about a minute or so before the owner was able to get the snake to release. It actually wasn't terribly painful since it was only a Burmese (no fangs, just small teeth), but it did bruise a little bit. Probably the coolest thing about it all, besides the fact that I am the ONLY person that has been bitten by that snake, is the fact that it left a scar in the shape of a smiley face on my hand. Afterwards, I was sure to clean it out thoroughly, just in case.



           
     A realization came to me that if I hadn't cleaned my wound thoroughly, I would've risked it getting infected. If we do commit sin, which happens in all our lives at one point or another, it is important to get rid of it immediately and clean the wound. If don't take care of it, it will become infected 100% of the time. There is no such thing as a clean sin. And, the longer we leave sin there, the more time it will have to fester, and become worse. In my case, I used Hydrogen Peroxide to clean my snakebite. In the case of sin, there is truly only one thing that can fully clean us - the Atonement, which was: Christ's sacrifice in the Garden of Gethsemane, His dieing on the cross, and His Resurrection. We access the power of the Atonement in our lives through repentance, and become clean as we repent and are baptized.

         Even though there still might be sin around us, if we are doing our best to stand in holy places, away from sin, God will give us aid. I also know that the healing power of the Atonement is real and that when we are baptized by one having Christ's authority, we can become clean again, and have all our sins washed away. And, as we continually repent thereafter, we can again become clean, and remove the effects of the sin from us.




   Also, here, you can find the original Snakebites and Peroxide.