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AN EAR-Y FEELING IN SHANGHAI

We have this worldly friend who was in Shanghai on business. His host suggested they go to a businessmen’s spa. Don’t worry, it was all on the up and up.

Except for some weird things going on, on the down and down. A guy grabbed a hold of his feet and was massaging them and squeezing them. Every once in a while he would POP! them, hard, right on the soles, and scare our friend half to death.

He bore his fingers into one particular spot on one foot, and then demanded: “You got stomach ‘probrem’?”

That was reflexology, which a lot of people think is bunk. But it so happens that our friend does have such a “probrem,” so that was weird.

But what was weirder was, while this rough foot-mashing was going on, a female attendant came up and asked, “You want ears ‘creaned’?”

He didn’t immediately say no, because he was wracking his brain for what that might mean. So she came at him with what looked like an X-acto knife and commenced “creaning” the outside of his ears by shaving off the little tiny hairs. She was very skillful, and he relaxed and began to enjoy it.

Eventually, though, the knife began its work on the INSIDE of his ears – which was very disconcerting, because he felt that he had to sit very, very, very still. But that was hard, because the OTHER guy was still down there, yanking and rubbing on his feet, and giving them a solid POP! every once in a while.

He survived. But somehow, it makes me grateful for my harmless foot cream and my nonviolent Q-tips. May not be as glamorous. But hey – no ‘probrems’!

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Prayer request: I was talking to someone the other day who believes in necromancy – “channeling” dead loved ones through a medium. She attended the New York City TV show of a person who does that. Lord, forgive me for not being bold enough to warn her that that’s condemned in the Bible. Give me another opportunity to gently talk with her and show her the Bible verses she needs to know. (Leviticus 19:31; 20:6,27 and Deuteronomy 18:11 and 1 Samuel 28:3,9)