Ticks

I know several people with Lyme Disease.  Most didn’t know for months, even years, that they had this disease, primarily because few doctors believed the disease existed.  Thankfully, that’s no longer the case and more research is being done. How did these friends contract the disease?  A tiny tick infected them.

Ticks embed their heads into an animal or human.  They are so deeply attached, they ride around unnoticed while feeding on the life’s blood of their host.  The tick deposits eggs and more ticks are born to do more damage.  Until uncovered, they continue spilling poison and threatening the life of the host. 

Ticks remind me of rumors and false teaching.  Just a tiny bit of a story can sink in and attach itself to people’s imagination, and the story grows.  Just a little bit of false teaching can twist scriptural truth and bring separation from God.

If you want to get rid of a tick, don’t yank at it.  Wear gloves and use fine-tipped tweezers to grasp the tick as close to the skin as possible and gently, but firmly remove it.  Rough treatment or squeezing can cause the tick to release toxins into the skin. 

Protect yourself by knowing what is true.  Read the Bible.  Deal with false rumors and false teaching in a spirit of humility.  “If a man is caught in any trespass, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, each one looking to yourself lest you too be tempted.” Galatians 6:1