Neti Pots and Baby Bottles

After years of sinus infections, one of my friends advised me to use a Neti Pot.  No way, I'm not pouring water in my nose!  I had memories of chlorine and ocean water burning my sinuses every time I attempted to swim.  And if you've never seen anyone use a Neti Pot, it's not pretty.  You must dilute 1/4 tsp of salt in a cup of warm water then pour it in one nostril and let it drain out the other.  Very reluctantly I tried it.  It worked: bye, bye sinus infections!

Several years have passed now and I use the Neti Pot almost daily.  I always used tap water and sea salt, but I started reading stories about people dying from bacteria attacking their brain after doing exactly what I had been doing!  'Experts' said to use distilled water.  Did they really think that I would spend the time to heat distilled water, somehow get it to the correct temperature, and use it instead of the tap water (which I could adjust to the desired temp in seconds)?

I considered the stove or the microwave, but nothing appealed to me because I didn't want to go to another room while I was trying to get ready for the day.  It wasn't until I thought about the temperature of the water that I found my solution.  What else ever needed to be at body temperature? That's right, milk in baby bottles!  And what better way to warm liquid to body temperature than to use a bottle warmer?  So I purchased a bottle warmer and a baby bottle.  It worked!  A new use for a bottle warmer.

John2:6-7 And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.  Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim.

At the wedding in Cana, Jesus used what he had for another purpose.  The manner of purifying of the Jews was to allow them to present themselves clean before God during ceremonies. The six waterpots were there for the Jewish wedding guests to wash their hands before entering the wedding area.  Jesus re-purposed the waterpots to be the containers for the best wine at the wedding.  

Now I have my Neti Pot hanging from a banana holder, a bottle warmer for the distilled water and a crystal container for the sea salt.  I feel rather foolish telling you all of this, but I think it can be good to use what you have for other purposes.

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