Growin up we had chikin pox, measles, mumps on either side or both, strep throat, polio, TB, air raid drills in grade school, mono, flu's. We settled our differences with arguing or fists, didn't need guns or knives. Didn't cuss in front of girls and doo wop was clean dressed men and women with words you could understand . Mom's and Dad's had the final word and we all sat down at the table together to eat Mom's meals. We played outside until it started getting dark and TV was not a mainstay in living. Oh yea and none of the above was declared a pandemic! IF MY GENERATION WENT THROUGH IT, THAN IT CAN BE DONE. A DOCTOR USE TO COME TO OUR HOMES WITH A BLACK BAG WITH JUST ABOUT EVERY CURE FOR WHATEVER YOU HAD. BUT OF COURSE MOST ALL KIDS PLAYED OUTSIDE ALL DAY AND GOT THAT NATURAL IMMUNITY AND ADULTS WOULD EITHER SIT OUTSIDE OR PLAY HORSESHOE OR CROQUET. SO BOTTOM LINE IS GO OUTSIDE MORE EVEN IT'S JUST SITTING AND ENJOY GOD'S HANDY WORK. BOTTOM LINE IS: EAT MO CHIKIN
GOOD TACO TUESDAY MORNIN TO YAS! YA KNOW IF YOUR READING THIS YOU ARE BLESSED IN SO MANY WAYS. FIRST OF ALL YOU WOKE UP THIS MORNING, NEXT YOU CAN SEE, AND MOST OF ALL YOU HAVE A SAVIOR THAT LOVES YOU. SOMETIMES BECAUSE OF WATCHING TO MUCH NATIONAL NEWS MAYBE, WE CAN GET INTO SUCH A NEGATIVE LIFE OUTLOOK. WE LIVE IN A WONDERFUL COUNTRY REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU MAY HAVE READ OR WATCHED. TODAY MANY ARE GOING OUT FOR TACO TUESDAY AT THEIR FAVORITE MEXICAN RESTAURANT AND WE USUALLY DO A COUPLE TIMES A MONTH. MY WIFE AND I ARE USUALLY UP BETWEEN 5 AND 6 AM ON THE COMPUTER WORKING AND ALSO SOCIAL MEDIA. I USUALLY HAVE SOME OLD WESTERNS ON LIKE GUNSMOKE OR RIFLEMAN AND OTHERS. I LOVE BEING AROUND POSITIVE PEOPLE AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS TODAY IS LAUGH AND GIGGLE. MANY TIMES I HAVE TO GO LOOK IN THE MIRROR TO GET IT STARTED. IF DON'T HAVE FELLOWSHIP MUCH, START CREATING SOME FOR YOU AND OTHERS. SOME MEET ONCE A WEEK FOR THEIR SCHOOL CLASS, SOME FROM CHURCH AND MANY ARE MEETING FOR COFFEE WITH FRIENDS. REMEMBER IF IT'S GONNA BE THEN IT MUST BE UP TO ME. OVER AND OUT UNTIL NEXT TIME! RON
HAD A BUSY TWO DAYS AND SOME GOOD EATIN AND VISIT FROM OUR SON (LARRY) AND HIS LOVELY WIFE (LOREEN). THEY CAME DOWN SO WE COULD CELEBRATE HIS BIRTHDAY WHICH IS THE 18TH. FOR DESSERT WE HAD PIG PICKIN CAKE AND ALL I CAN SAY IS WOW. SO PROUD OF THESE TWO IN WHAT THEY HAVE ACCOMPLISHED IN LIFE AND THEY COME DOWN TO SEE US AT LEAST TWICE A MONTH AND WE ALWAYS HAVE A GOOD TIME. THEY ALWAYS BLESS US IN SO MANY WAYS AND LOVE THEM SO MUCH. COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO I BOUGHT A HP 15.6 LAPTOP FOR UNDER 200.00 AT WALMART AND IT WAS SO MUCH EASIER FOR ME TO DO MY WORK ON. WELL A MONTH OR SO LATER IT GOT SOMETHING THAT WAS SIMILIAR TO A BLUE SCREEN AND WOULDN'T STAY ON FOR 5 MINUTES AND THEN WOULDN'T COME ON AT ALL. I LOVED IT WHILE I HAD IT, BUT I MUST REMEMBER YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR. I LOVED IT WHILE I HAD IT. I AM SCHEDULED TO PREACH AUGUST 3RD AT SONLIGHT AND IT WILL AN UNUSUAL SERVICE AS THE LORD HAS GIVEN ME A MESSAGE TO SHARE. I TALK TO SO MANY FOLKS IN SINGLE DAY AND MOST FOR THE FIRST TIME. MOST HAVE THE SAME HURT IN NOT HAVING INTER-ACTION WITH THEIR FAMILY AND KIDS. ONE HAD SAID THEY HADN'T SEEN THEIR SON BUT ONE TIME THIS YEAR AND THEY LIVE IN THE SAME CITY. I LEAVE YOU WITH THIS SUGGESTION. CALL OR GO BY YOUR FAMILY AND START A HEALING LIKE JESUS DID. WE CAN'T JUST SIT AROUND LOOKING AT OTHERS SIN WHEN OURS IS THE SAME AND WE MUST REALLY PRACTISE "WHAT WOULD JESUS DO AND HOW WOULD HE REACT" WRITTEN IN RED! UNTIL THE NEXT TIME; RON
I DON'T HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE WEATHER YESTERDAY AND TODAY AS IT RAINED HARD AND HEAVY. BUT BEFORE IT ALL STARTED OUR FRIENDS ANN AND ROBY AND US STOPPED IN AT JIMMY'S SMOKEHOUSE IN WELCOME AND CANDY CAME OUT AND TOLD US ABOUT THIS NEW MEAT ON THE MENU. GRILLED PORK STEAK. WE GOT IT AND OH MY WAS IT GOOOOOD. IF YOU GO INTO THAT AREA (WELCOME) STOP IN AND FETCH YA ONE. EVEN DURING THE STORM WE WENT TO CHURCH (SONLIGHT BAPTIST CHURCH) FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT SERVICE IN THE FELLOWSHIP HALL AND WHAT A GREAT STUDY AND FELLOWSHIP WE HAD. NEXT WEDNESDAY IS DINNER AND A MOVIE. BACK IN THE 70'S THERE WERE 4 MOVIES MAD ABOUT THE RAPTURE (NOT MADE IN HELLYWOOD) GOOD THOUGHT PROVOKING MOVIES THAT WILL BLESS YOUR HEART AND BRING SOME REALITY INTO YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS TOO. 1ST MOVIE IS "THIEF IN THE NIGHT". PLEASE COME BY AS IT WILL START AT 7 AND JUST A LITTLE OVER AN HOUR LONG. AGAIN IT FEELS GOOD TO HAVE HAD THAT AC WORKING IN OUR VANS AND WAS VERY HUMBLING GETTING IN AND OUT OF THEM IN 90 DEGREE WEATHER WITH NONE. WELL SEE YA ON THE FLIP FLOP OR IN THE AIR.
Turn off the sound on your TV sometime and set it up on close caption and watch a movie or TV series! It's difficult to follow since you can't hear their tone of voice or feel their emotion that let's you feel what they feel. Now, that is how texting and sending personal messages to family and friends feels. Talk more America, it's one of God's gift to us! I have actually been in the same room of some folks that looked at their phone after getting a call from a family member and said, I don't really feel like talking. It's like a Thief in the Night as it takes away your desire to communicate outside of texting or messaging. If felt so good having both our vans back yesterday with the air workin on both. Ya know sometimes I think you and I take things for granite thinking everything will always be alright. And then it brings a time to remember the folks in Texas and Western NC. They not only lost their Loved ones, but also the history of their family. Photo albums, things that were handed down from relatives that left this old earth. And then think about the ones that were on pain meds or chemo, kidney problems and they without any help. If you have lost the habit of Praying, today, at this time, get it back as it is the most powerful tool we have and of course Love is something we need more then just going to Church. With all my Love; Ron
ANYTHIING THAT WAS NEGATIVE OR ARGUMENT THAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY, DON'T DRAG IT INTO THIS DAY. TODAY IS THE DAY THE LORD HAS MADE, BE THANKFUL AND GLAD HE DID. WE DID GET OUR DELIVERY VAN FIXED AND THEY TOLD US THAT IT LOOKED LIKE THE FAN MOTOR COULD HAVE CAUSED A FIRE. THE LORD IS SO GOOD AND HE SENT US ANGELS (FRIENDS) THAT STUCK WITH US DURING THAT TIME. HAVING GOOD FRIENDS AND BEING A GOOD FRIEND IS SO IMPORTANT TODAY. WE GET TO TALK AND MINISTER TO SO MANY LONELY FOLKS OUR AGE ABOUT EVERYDAY. SOMEONE TOLD ME A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, THEY HADN'T SEEN THEIR SON FOR 6 MONTHS AND VERY SELDOM EVER SEE THEIR DAUGHTERS. IT JUST BREAKS MY HEART WHEN THIS IS BEING SHARED WITH ME. SO MANY LIVING SUPERFICIAL LIVES TODAY AND BASE THEIR SUCCESS ON THINGS. SO MANY SITTING AT HOME WITH VOLUMES OF PHOTO ALBUMS AND THE HISTORY OF THESE FAMILIES GOING PROBABLY IN THE TRASH WHEN THEY DEPART THIS CRUEL WORLD.. GOD'S WORD SAYS NOT TO LOVE THE THINGS OF THIS WORLD, FOR IF YOU DO THEN THE LOVE OF THE FATHER IS NOT IN YOU. MAKE A TURN AROUND TODAY. LET YOUR FAMILY KNOW YOU LOVE THEM AND RESPECT THEM. SO MANY THAT ARE ON THE VERGE OF JUST GIVING UP DUE TO LONELYNESS. LOVE IS THE ANSWER TO EVERYTHING ON THIS PLANET AS GOD SO LOVE THE WORLD HE GAVE HIS SON TO PAY THE PRICE FOR OUR SIN. PRAY ABOUT IT!
ALL I CAN SAY IS WOW! BOTH OF OUR VANS HAVE BEEN WITHOUT A/C FOR THE LAST 5 DAYS AND OUR DRIVERS WINDOW WOULDN'T GO UP, SO HAD TO TAPE A GARBAGE BAG OVER THE WINDOW TO KEEP BAD WEATHER OUT. SURPRISE! THAT WORKED. AAA ON THEIR WAY AS YA JUST DON'T KNOW HOW VULNERABLE YOU FEEL AT OUR AGE WITHOUT RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION. WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD WEEKEND WITH A GET TOGETHER WITH SOME OF OUR FRIENDS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY CHURCH WAS THE BEST. AFTER CHURCH WE CAME HOME AND STAYED THE DAY AS DRIVING THE OTHER VAN IN 90 WEATHER WITHOUT A/C WAS EXHAUSTING TO SAY THE LEAST. WE WATCHED NASCAR AND THAT BORING RACE PUT ME TO SLEEP ABOUT 8 OR 10 TIMES. BUT TODAY IS THE START OF ANOTHER DAY AND I HAVE FAITH IT IS GONNA BE A GREAT ONE. GOD IS SO GOOD AND FAITHFUL. I'LL KEEP YA POSTED AS THE DAY GOES ON.
WELL YESTERDAY WAS AN INTERESTING DAY AS WE ALWAYS MEET OUR FRIENDS AT MI CASA'S FOR TACO TUESDAY. THE FOOD IS SO GOOD AND THE CREW IS ALWAYS SO FRIENDLY AND OF COURSE THE FOLKS WE RUN AROUND WITH BETTER BE READY FOR SOME LAUGHING. THE BIBLE SAYS A MERRY HEART DOETH GOOD LIKE A MEDICINE, SO AS SOON AS I GET UP I GO LOOK IN THE MIRROR SO I CAN START GIGGLIN.
ON THE WAY HOME I STARTED SMELLING THIS WEIRD ODOR AND COULDN'T FIGURE OUR WHERE IS WAS COMNG FROM, THEN I STARTED GETTING A LITTLE PERSPERY AND LOW AND BEHOLD OUR AIR CONDITIONING WENT OUT IN OUR VAN. COUPLE DAYS BEFORE THE THERMOSTAT WENT OUT IN OUR OTHER VAN. GONNA BE HOT WORKING CAUSE ABOUT ALL THE FOLKS THAT CAN FIX THEM ARE CLOSED DOWN FOR THE CELEBRATION OF OUR COUNTRY'S BIRTHDAY.
TODAY WE WILL BE MEETING SOME MORE OF OUR FANTASTIC FRIENDS AT RANDY'S IN WELCOME. MIKE (OWNER) HAS ALWAYS BEEN A GOOD FRIEND AND ALWAYS THERE TO HELP WHEN WE HELP SOME FAMILIES DURING EASTER, THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS. WE ARE SO BLESSED AND LOVE ALL OF THEM SO MUCH. WELL THAT'S ABOUT IT SO --LATER GATOR
I LIKE TO SHARE THIS EVERY YEAR AND JUST THINK ABOUT IT! My parents went through the great depression and WWll, and i have been through Korean Conflict, Vietnam Conflict, President Kennedy assassination (In the Army), Cuban missile crisis, Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King assassination, the oil embargo, was stationed in the Berlin area during the building of the Berlin Wall, food shortages, Iran overthrowing our Embassy in Tehran and holding Americans hostage for 444 days, and so much more. And then there is all the different flu invasions! AMERICA pulled out of it through many folks praying and it is not any different today. WE WILL OVERCOME and make this country what it is suppose to be! Are ya with me????
TODAY IS THE BEGINNING OF A NEW DAY AND ERA IN EVERYONE'S LIFE AND WHEN YOU COME OVER HERE YOU WILL SEE POSITIVE POST'S. WILL ALSO SHARE WHAT A DAY IS LIKE BEING IN THE NEWSPAPER BUSINESS AND YES PROBABLY OUR PERSONAL LIVES TO. YOU CAN MAKE COMMENTS AS LONG AS YOU FOLLOW THE RULES. NO TROLLS, ONLY GOOD THOUGHTS AND WONDERFUL FOLLOWERS. 82466
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Had a pretty good week so far, as I accidently fell and then chased a snake. I don't know about you, but when a snake of any kind is aggressive, one of us is heading out. We love going out and meeting new folks and fellowshipping with our good friends. Usually every Wednesday we go to Randy's Restaurant in Welcome and meet with Ann and Roby for lunch. They drive from Clemmons to get there and it is next to North Davidson High School. Sher and I eat at every Restaurant that advertisers with us and I mean they are goooood!. I will tell you about each one of them in the next couple of days and share with you what our favorites are. Been wanting to start a blog that we can all communicate with and not have to worry about politics or any bad news. WATCHA THINK? |
