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Wednesday, August 13, 2025

The Parable of the Dental Hygienist

 

Good day! I’m Duane Matz and this is Today’s Living Word.

 

Job 7:19 How long? Will You not look away from me, And let me alone till I swallow my saliva?

 

Here we have Job speaking to God. He asks Him, “How long?” He has lost his  animals, his servants, his children, all in rapid fire, and now he is battling physical health as well.

I see a dental hygienist twice a year, they have me lying on my back as they go digging around my gum line and my teeth.  Sometimes I need a break from all that digging to swallow my saliva. Remember the days of the sink that she invited you to spit into? The sinks are gone and now she has her miniature hoover that she can use to provide water and at the same time vacuum up all the gunk.

 

Nonetheless, I still need a  break in order to sit up and swallow! My saliva!

 

In essence, that is what Job is asking of God. “God give me a break from this trauma that You keep allowing to come my way!”

Are you in that season now in your life? You keep getting bad news in your life and you need a break! Think of this passage in Job and then do what Job did. He asked the Spiritual Hygienist for a break!

 

God I pray for those who right now are experiencing one bad report after another….please, in Your mercy, give them a break.

 

I’m Duane Matz and that’s Today’s Living Word

 

 

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