Genesis 38 (Man I Wish I looked After My Teeth)

Dentists. Not my favourite place to spend lunch.
Not even close.
Nothing personal to all you dentists out there.
It's my hang up.
I get that.
I am reaping the rewards of years of neglect.
About 10 years ago I had a loose tooth.
Rather than being removed or anti-loosed it was filled.
About 2 years ago, it broke in half.
No pain.
It just felt weird when I ate.
12 months ago, the tooth above it broke in half.
Again, no pain, just a really, really odd feeling when I ate.
A plus was that when I got bored, I could play with them with my tongue.
Nearly 6 months ago the remaining bits finally cracked off level with my gums.
So many excuses not to do anything about any of these stages of decay.
No time.
No money.
I'm scared of pain.
If I ignore everything it will get better.
Maybe next week.
Next month.
Maybe.
Well today was the day.
Dr Sun was pretty amazing.
Tiny little lady.
But boy did she know how to wield a drilly, cutty, whiny thing.
Today was just to survey the damage.
Not too painful. But enough to scare the fear of frogs out of me.
Nearly.
The damage was reasonably severe.
8 fillings needed.
The 2 broken teeth need to be properly extracted. (Now THAT is a scary word)
And my right upper wisdom tooth is a bit odd and if it can't be filled will need to be extracted as well.
I had some x-rays, but am told I need a bigger one of my head.
I fear it will be disappointingly void.

Genesis 38
There has been some fairly terrible acts committed in the chapters so far.
Yet Er is the first to be so terrible that God "put him to death".
He must have been super bad to just be killed.
But then God has never tolerated evil.
We were separated from God by our own evilness.
We weren't the ones who needed to die though.

The battle of the twins to see who would be born first is curious.
The first born gained the birthright I think, going by Jacob and Esau's story.
But how is a baby aware of this?
Maybe that's it.
A baby in the womb can be aware.
A baby in the womb is a person.
Can they decide?
Can they act on a choice they make?
They move limbs independently.
They change position.
It can't all be reflex, can it?
They show determination.
They can show courage.
They will fight to live.
Babies are incredible.

In the midst of sad story, babies steal the show.
Just between you and me,
I like babies.
Shhhhhh! It's a secret.