Faith

The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage and I were finishing our supper. If anyone can put together a marvelous supper, it is she.

What if God did not take the time to bless us today, because we could not or would not take the time to thank Him for yesterday? What if God decided to stop leading us tomorrow because we did not follow Him today?

Today I went to visit my Friend Brenda Guidry at the Sabine County Reporter, and we got to talking about yesterday.

Today, we celebrated my granddaughter’s birthday. Her 14 years old daughter had spent last night, with me. She stayed here, to make a delicious cake, for her mother. She wanted it to be a surprise. We took it with us. And gave it to her mother, at our destination.

I think everyone wants to know THE TRUTH about everything. No one is okay with being misinformed. Only those who mindfully stick to the truth courageously ought to be quoted as opposed to stories tainted based on personal malicious perspectives behind people’s backs.

On a train last summer, a young girl was fairly boiling over with indignation at a preacher who had been asking her some plain questions about her soul. 'Why, he even asked me if I was sure I was really on the road to heaven,' she said.

As a child, I remember my parents saying to me, 'I'm not going to tell you this again.' The only problem with that was they did tell me again. And again.

I stepped out on the back porch, to get the mop. Shaking it, I made sure there were no lizards or spiders hiding in the strings. I remembered the time that my granddaughter had unknowingly brought a lizard into the house. She had already plunged the mop into the soapy water when she saw it.

A man was once shut up in a prison, loaded with chains, and condemned to be hung. He had been taken a prisoner in a war by a cruel tyrant and knew that there was no hope for him if he could not in some way make his escape.

Lately, the temperature in Florida has topped 100°. I saw on the news that the Northeast is also hitting 100°.