Yummy Baked Potato

 

Marleen got a new bag of potatoes for baking.  Yummy!  I suppose that baked potatoes are just about my favorite food.  She had several large potatoes in her bin, but we had used them up.  So, we got a new bag of potatoes from Publix.  Publix had baking potatoes by the pound, but the 5-pound bag was much cheaper.  Some of the potatoes in the bag were as big as the by-the-pound ones, but most were much smaller.  We thought, “We’ll use the bigger ones for baking and use the smaller ones for mashed potatoes.”  And mashed potatoes with butter, cream, and sea salt are just as tasty as baked potatoes.  Hey, in life, there are important people who are seen by everyone, and there are smaller behind-the-scenes folk who are just as important.  How could we manage without the stocker at Publix putting out those potatoes?!  How could Publix manage without the truck driver delivering those luscious potatoes?!  How could the potato farmer manage without the tractor driver plowing up his potato field?!  Proverbs 22:2, “The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all."  Everyone is important in God’s economy, and so are you!  So … whether your job is great or whether your job is small, do it well today.  Remember, the dear Lord is watching.

Bait and Switch

 

A while back, I went to Lowe’s for stuff.  You know … just stuff.  Lowe’s is my candy store.  I picked up a light switch and a cover plate and saw some orange earplugs hanging conveniently nearby.  So I grabbed them too.  But when I got to the checkout counter, I discovered that the earplugs were actually orange wire nuts.  I’m not sure if it was my aging eyes or just plain carelessness, but it would not have been a good thing to push those wire nuts into my ears!  Hey, have you ever been disappointed by something that you had mistaken for something else?  You thought you were putting sour cream onto your baked potato at the salad bar, but it was whipped cream you were piling on?!  Hey, Satan uses the “bait and switch” trick often.  You think you are getting something exciting, but it is actually a trap to enslave your soul.  Solomon knew the disappointment of Satan’s lies.  He said in Proverbs 23:32, “At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.”  Don’t be disappointed; don’t fall for Satan’s lies.  If he is selling it, don’t buy it.  Like my wire nuts for ear plugs, don’t be mistaken.  Trust the good, good Lord; He will never let you down!

Band-Aid

 

Saturday, I cut my finger making a whistle out of a poplar branch.  No big deal.  My hands are nicked, bruised, scraped, and cut at least once a week.  I just try to keep stitches to a minimum.  Neosporin and a band-aid usually take care of things.  Except Saturday afternoon, I noticed a problem.  I have fingerprint recognition on my cell phone, and the band-aid blocked my fingerprint!  Fortunately, I had a back-up pin installed as well.  My pin number is _ _ _ _.  Hey, did you really think that I am so dumb that I would give you my pin?!  And to make an application, is there sin in your life that blocks your fellowship with the Lord?  Does that sin keep your prayers from reaching heaven?  Psalm 66:18, “If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me.”  Sin defiles us and breaks sweet fellowship with God just like a dirty air filter will block your heat/air unit at home.  Take a moment and come clean with the Lord.  Confess those sins and restore sweet fellowship with your Creator.  Do you have a problem with sister so-and-so at church?  Are you at odds with brother what’s-his-name in Sunday school?  Why not make it right with them and then confess it to the dear Lord?!  You’ll be glad that you did.  And, by the way, did you notice that I took a picture of my finger and phone with my phone?  How did I do that?  Simple:  The picture is of my old phone taken with my new phone.