- Morning Devotional
- May 11,
2005
"Home Remedies"
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For Jesus is the one referred to in the Scriptures, where it says, `The stone that you builders rejected has now become the cornerstone.' There is salvation in no one else! There is no other name in all of heaven for people to call on to save them." (Acts 4:11-12 NLT).
I’m told that the deer in North Carolina love to eat anything that grows in your yard. I am also told that the best deer repellant is Ivory soap! Evidently it is one of many other home remedies found in a book called Polish Your Furniture with Panty Hose … And Hundreds of Offbeat Uses for Brand-Name Products (Hyperion). Author Joey Green says that when the buffet needs buffing, we can skip the Lemon Pledge … and grab some L'eggs instead. The book says SPAM gives a fine shine too … but your living room won't smell so great!
The author says he realized "there are hundreds of alternative uses for well-known products kept secret from the American public. I was determined to unearth this cache of withheld information. So I quit my job and spent the next 10 years on a quest to uncover the hundreds of mysterious uses for products like Coca-Cola, Vaseline and WD-40." Here are some other things he has discovered:
§ Dannon yogurt soothes sunburn pain § Bounce fabric-softener sheets repel mosquitoes § Coca-Cola cleans corrosion from a car battery § Colgate toothpaste dries up zits § Heinz vinegar helps dissolve warts, remove corns and grow beautiful azaleas § Jif peanut butter can be substituted for shaving cream (but Joey recommends avoiding Extra Crunchy!) § Listerine can help fertilize your yard § Morton salt and ReaLemon lemon juice fight dandruff § Silly Putty picks up cat fur and lint very well § Vaseline petroleum jelly helps remove gum from your hair § WD-40 frees a tongue stuck to frozen metal
And on and on and on. You won't believe the things Mr. Green found on what he calls his "obsessive journey into the bowels of American know-how." But you'll have to check them out for yourself. Drop by the bookstore and say, "Excuse me, but do you have Polish Your Furniture With Panty Hose?" Oh, and, try to keep a straight face when you ask!
Now for the serious part of this morning’s devotional: whether any of these things really work or not, there really is only one way to eternal life. That way is through the work of Christ on our behalf. Trust in Him! That works!
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