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Is This Love?

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 That I'm feeling? Is this the love, that I've been searching for.... Alright...enough of Whitesnake.  But what a great song from the late 80's.   This is a short one, but one that I want to write out.  Do you remember, or are you currently experiencing that "might be love" feeling?  Like, when someone really grabs your attention.  You might not even know why, but you find yourself attracted to them, maybe even nervous around them.  You don't want to make it too obvious and scare them, but you also want to do enough to "test the waters" and see if there is a mutual interest.  Although...some bold people would just come out and say it.  Hindsight says that's probably a lot easier.   But once that phase has ended and the two of you are together, assuming all goes well, have you ever found yourself analyzing every little encounter as a measure of love?  Even the little moments.  What if he/she feels somewhat aloof and no...

To Be Completely Clean

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Is something that I'll never experience.  But I try to stay as hygienic as possible without completely destroying all the awesome colonies of helpful bacteria living all over my body to support it's balance, heath and veracity.  But this post has absolutely nothing to do with that.  It's about the ceremony of foot washing.  My first foot washing occurred when I was in youth group.  I can't quite remember all the context, except for the fact that it happened.  Trauma much?  First, let me say this, if your youth pastor wants to wash the youth groups feet, maybe put a stop to that.  You can opt out.  This is my opinion, but that type of ceremony in youth group is uncalled for and should never happen.  Looking back...yeah, it's creepy and maybe (probably) what you think it is.  Or maybe the youth pastor was just delusional, thinking it was a good idea and completely oblivious to personal space or fetishes.  It probably happened to ...