Reminder

 

I read my Bible daily and memorize Scripture (as much as this old mind will allow).  I am faithful in church attendance and in giving.  I witness to pagans that I come into contact with, but I am weak in my prayer life.  I have asked the dear Lord to help me in this area of my spiritual life.  I don’t want prayer to be work; I just want to have closer fellowship with my Creator.  So, I have asked the Lord to give me ticklers to remind me to pray. and I had one this morning.  I like to eat sourdough bread with my 1 slice of bacon and two eggs for breakfast.  My daughter-in-law makes great sourdough bread which I buy (to support her, not the big box store), and it has cute packaging with her name on it.  An old pastor friend of mine once said, “The sizzle sells the steak.”  And Laura’s cute packaging reminds me to pray for her each morning that I eat a slice of her sourdough bread.  Paul said of his dear friends in Phillipi in Philippians 1:3&4, “I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy.”  I wonder if Paul ate sourdough bread?  Hey, if you are in the Chattanooga area, get some Laura Lu’s Sourdough Bread.  It’s good stuff!  And while you’re at it, say a prayer for Laura and for me too.

Useless or Useful?

 

I got a coffee filter out yesterday and was surprised.  As you can see from the picture, the paper was accidentally folded before it was crimped/cut leaving the filter only half shaped and totally useless.  Paul said in Rom 12:1, “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.”  If Jesus gave His life for us, it is only reasonable for us to live for Him.  Hey, don’t be useless to Jesus like my coffee filter was useless to me.  Be useful for Jesus today.  After all, it’s just reasonable.

Toaster Wisdom

 

I have 2 shortcomings.  (I have several more, but I’m just mentioning 2 today.)  I forget to promptly get my dress shirts out of the dryer, and I forget to promptly get my toast out of the toaster.  The shirts end up wrinkled and the toast ends up dry and hard.  But I found a solution for the toast: I turned the toaster back so that it takes 2 pushes to get the toast golden brown.  That second push warns me to get the butter ready.  It’s all about good planning.  Hey, do right and you’ll think right.  Proverbs 16:3, "Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.”