Dear Heavenly Father, Thank You for Your many blessings, and help me to be content with Your daily provision in my life. May we all be content with Your daily provisions. Thank You for Your wonderful gifts of love, joy and peace, which cannot be purchased with any amount of money. I am most grateful. In the name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.
Dear Heavenly Father, I do want to be close to You, so help me to spend the time in prayer, and reading Your Word in order to make that a reality. And Lord, when You do speak something to my heart, help me to obey You and not resist the things You are asking me to do. Lord, I also want to be a peacemaker, so fill my mouth with Your Words of wisdom when I encounter an opportunity to minister to those who are opposed to each other. Also, help me to remain in peace with those in my circle of acquaintances. I ask this in the name of Jesus. Amen.
I WAS OFF WORK TODAY AND MARCIA WAS NOT FEELING WELL, SO I DECIDED TO COOK HER BREAKFAST IN BED, SWEETIE AS I AM. SO I GOT OUT OF THE CABINET EVERYTHING I WOULD NEED, AND STARTED. i BROKE 8 EGGS AND BEAT THEM UP (bully?)WITH SOME MILK AND FRIED SOME BACON FLEXIBLY CRISPY, THEN POURED THE EGGS IN TO MAKE A SOUFFLE'. THEN I GOT THE PANCAKE MIX OUT AND MIXED IT UP, BUT WE DID NOT HAVE ANY PANCAKE SYRUP, WHAT WAS IN THE CABINET SAID WAFFLE SYRUP. SO I THOUGHT I WOULD MAKE SOME CHOCOLATE CHIP PANCAKES FOR HER, BUT WE HAD NO CHOCOLATE CHIPS IN THE CUPBOARD, SO WHAT WAS I GONNA DO? AHA! THERE WAS A ONE POUND BAG OF ALMOND M&Ms ON THE SHELF! THAT WOULD WORK, WOULDN'T IT? SURE, SO i DUMPED THE ENTIRE BAG INTO THE PANCAKE BATTER. OOPS! SO MANY M&Ms THE BATTER WOULD HARDLY HOLD THEM TOGETHER, SO I GOT THE BOX OF MIX OUT AND POURED MORE IN, THEN ADDED SOME WATER, SOME MIX, MORE WATER, MORE MIX..., AND CHECKED THE SOUFFLE', AND IT WAS OKAY. SO I BEAT THE BATTER UP AND IT MIXED WELL, A LITTLE BIT, AND THE COLORED CANDIES LOOKED LIKE TOTALLY PSYCHO-DELLIC, MAN, AND WERE STARTING TO BLEED COLOR INTO THE BATTER. I USED A ONE CUP MEASURING CUP AND LADLED SOME BATTER INTO THE CAST IRON SKILLET AND IT SOUNDED LIKE A HAIL STORM, BUT BOY IT WAS PURTY. I MADE A FEW OF THESE ALMOND-M&M PANCAKES, A SHORT STACK FOR HER BECAUSE SHE'S 4 FOOT 11 1/2 INCHES TALL, AND A TALL STACK FOR ME, BECAUSE I'M 4 FOOT 28 INCHES TALL, RIGHT? PURTY AS YOU PLEASE, AND THE SOUFFLE' GOT DONE, SO I STARTED REMOVING IT FROM THAT SKILLET WHILE ANOTHER PANCAKE WAS COOKING, AND WHEN I GOT THAT SOUFFLE' OUT AND THE OTHER PANCAKE OUT, I WAS TIRED AND HUNGRY, MYSELF, SO I DECIDED TO POUR THE REST OF THE BATTER INTO THE SKILLET AND MAKE A BIGGGgggGG PANCAKE. IT STARTED BUBBLING, BUT I COULD NOT SEE THE SIDES TO SEE IF THEY WERE GETTING DRY. i TRIED TO GET THE PANCAKE TURNER UNDER IT, BUT IT WAS STICKING, SO I RAN THE PANCAKE TURNER AROUND THE EDGE AND THOUGHT I'D SPRAY SOME PAM DOWN IN THE CRACK I MADE AND MAYBE IT WOULD SOAK DOWN TOWARD THE MIDDLE AND LET ME REMOVE THAT BIG ALMOND-M&M PANCAKE. wrong! BUT BOY DID THAT PAM SMOKE! I COULD HARDLY SEE THE STOVE, LET ALONE THAT CAST IRON SKILLET ON THE STOVE!!! I TURNED THE EXHAUST FAN ON, BUT TOO LATE. MY IDEA OF GIVING MARCIA A BREAKFAST IN BED KINDA GOT MESSED UP BECAUSE IT IS TOO HARD FOR HER TO TRY TO SLEEP WITH A SMOKE ALARM GOING OFF. BUT I DID FIND OUT THAT THAT POWDER FROM A FIRE EXTINGUISHER KINDA LOOKS LIKE BUTTER-FLAVORED POWDERED SUGAR! I'VE HAD POWDERED SUGAR ON PANCAKES, BEFORE, SO MAYBE WE COULD TRY THIS ON A SUPER-SIZED ALMOND M&M PANCAKE? THE BACON AND SOUFFLE' WERE GOOD, I GUESS, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT MY THOUGHT AND EFFORT GOT ME? MARCIA APPRECIATED IT SOOOooooOOOOooo MUCH THAT I GET TO SLEEP IN THE TRUCK TONITE, AND TOMORROW NIGHT, AND MAYBE THE NEXT NIGHT, DEPENDS ON HOW LONG BEFORE THE SMOKE AND ALL THAT ODOR CLEARS AND THE EXTINGUISHER POWDER GETS CLEANED OUT OF THE KITCHEN. NEED SOMEONE TO MAKE YOU SOME BREAKFAST IN BED? I'M PROBABLY AVAILABLE, AND DEFINITELY WILL BE HUNGRY BY THE TIME YOU READ THIS. HAVE A GOOD MORNING, ANYWAY!
WHEN LIFE SEEMS A LITTLE BACKWARDS OR AT LEAST MESSED UP, KNOW THAT THERE IS ONE WHO HAS GONE BEFORE YOU TO STRAIGHTEN THE CROOKED PATHS AND MAKE THE LOW PLACES HIGH, AND HE WILL NEVER LEAVE NOR FORSAKE YOU, EVEN IF YOU DO HAVE YOUR RED CONVERSE HIGH TOPS ON BACKWARDS!
WE WERE GETTING SO MUCH RAIN BUT WE KNEW IT WOULD BE GETTING HOT SOON, SO WE PUT OUR NOGGINS TOGETHER AND COME UP WITH A IDEE WHAT WON'T QUIT! HOW YA DOIN'?
HAD TO GET A PHYSICAL AND PASS A FITNESS TEST TO GET A RAISE, THE 1ST ONE AT ORU SECURITY IN 5 YEARS THAT WAS WORTH ANYTHING, NOW MAYBE THEY CAN HIRE SOMEBODY AT A COMPETITIVE RATE! AND I KNOW I AM STILL ALIVE AND FIT FOR SOMETHING, WITH PUSH-UPS, SIT-UPS AND 2 1/2 MILES ON THE TRACK. NOW EVERY TIME I DEAL WITH A BAD GUY, I'LL DO SIT-UPS AND PUSH-UPS AND HE'LL GET REAL WORRIED! PROBABLY THINK I'M CRAZY AND RUN! ANYWAY, PRAISE GOD FOR OUR HEALTH, AMEN? AND THE MONEY IT GOT ME. NOW WE CAN AFFORD GRAVY ON OUR TATERS AND CHOCOLATE SYRUP ON OUR HEADS, I MEAN ICE CREAM! OR, FOR REVWAYNE, ON OUR OREOS.
JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT THINGS WERE GOING PRETTY WELL, ...
BUT LOOK AT THE BRIGHT SIDE, ALWAYS, AT LEAST YOU PRAYED THE BLESSING, RIGHT? THINGS COULD BE WORSE.
YOU EVER HAVE AN ALLERGIC REACTION AND GOTTEN HIVES? I DID, TUESDAY, DON'T KNOW WHAT I WAS ALLERGIC TO, BUT I THINK IT WAS STRESS, MAYBE ALLERGIC TO WORK. I WENT TO THE DOCTOR WALK-IN CLINIC INSTEAD OF THE ER BECAUSE THERE WAS NO AIRWAY RESTRICTION, AND THEY TOOK ME IN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR, WHICH IS GREAT! I HAD HIVES EVERYWHERE SKIN TOUCHED SKIN, SUCH AS BEHIND THE EARS, KNEE AND ARMPIT JOINTS, BETWEEN TOES AND FINGERS, AND OTHER SULTRY PLACES, PLUS ANYWHERE CLOTHING WAS TIGHT, SUCH AS HATBAND, WAISTBAND, FRUIT OF THE LOOMS, SOCKS TOPS, ANKLES WHERE THE BOOTS TIE, AND THE ARCHES OF MY FEET WHERE THE LACES DRAW TIGHT, AND WRIST WATCHBAND.HATBAND? UH-HUH! I WAS MISERABLE AND HAD NOT SLEPT, AND THEY ADMINISTERED BI-LATERAL HYPODERMIC TREATMENT TO MY GLUTIMUS MAXIMI, AND THE LEFT ONE GOT STIFF, AND GAVE ME SOME LITTLE WHITE PILLS, MAN, AND I WENT TO WORK WANTING TO DIG INTO MY FLESH ALL NIGHT. AWHILE BACK I HAD A TOOTHACHE AND LETTLE SLEEP, AND that WAS A BAD SITUATION FOR SOMEONE CARRYING A GUN, BUT TRY THIS OUT, HIVES AND LITTLE SLEEP AND CARRYING A GUN!!! WELL, WE ALWAYS SEEM TO THINK THINGS COULDN'T GET ANY WORSE, DON'T WE? DON'T EVER SAY THAT AGAIN!!! AND THAT IS THE MORAL OF MY STORY. BUT GOD IS WITH YOU THROUGH ALL THINGS, OR AT LEAST IF HE'S NOT, HE'S NOT THE ONE WHO LEFT, BECAUSE HE SAID HE WOULD NEVER LEAVE YOU NOR FORSAKE YOU. HE ALSO SAID HE WOULD NOT GIVE YOU MORE THAN YOU CAN BEAR, AND BELIEVE ME, WITH ALL THOSE HIVES, THERE WAS A LOT I WANTED TO BARE, BUT HE PREVAILED AND I AM BETTER, NOW, AND YOU WILL BE, TOO. GOD BLESS YOU ALL! HOPE TO BE ON MORE REGULAR, SOON, I LIKE BEING REGULAR, YET PECULIAR, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER RABBIT TRAIL I WON'T GO ON RIGHT NOW.
Dear Heavenly Father, Thank You for Your many blessings, and help me to be content with Your daily provision in my life. May we all be content with Your daily provisions. Thank You for Your wonderful gifts of love, joy and peace, which cannot be purchased with any amount of money. I am most grateful. In the name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.
