Pill Reminder/Container

 

Once a week, I open my pill bottles and refill my pill reminder/container.  I use a pill reminder because if I don’t, I’ll forget if I have taken my meds or not.  And taking a second dose is just as bad as forgetting to take the first dose.  I can look at the pill reminder and, at a glance, I can see if I have taken my medications.  Same with my Bible.  I should read a portion of the Bible each morning to get my day started off right.  But most mornings, I hit the floor running.  Hey, I need a pill reminder for my Bible.  And, if you haven’t read a few verses in your Bible yet, close your computer and get out the Good Book.  And if you’re reading this post on your phone, open your Bible app and read a few verses.  If you don’t have a Bible app, download e-sword LT.  It’s free!  My posts are good, but God’s Words are great!  David said in Psalm 119:105, “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”  Read your Bible often … it’s good for you.

Just a Tiny Rock

 

Friday, I took my wife to Marshall’s to buy … well, it’s a secret.  As I was pushing her out of the back door of our house, I felt a rock in my shoe.  We were already out the door, so I thought to myself, “I’ll get it out when I sit down.  Every step that I took was uncomfortable.  I got my wife into the car, got the wheelchair loaded into the back of the car, and got myself into the driver’s seat.  But there wasn’t room for me to bend down and untie my shoe.  So, I drove to Marshall’s.  But when I got out, I felt the rock in my shoe. again. I got out the wheelchair, guided my dear wife into it, and pushed her into the store, feeling that rock with each step.  I grumbled to her, “When I get into Marshall’s, I have to find a chair to get this rock out of my shoe!”  But I couldn’t find a chair anywhere!  Marshall’s doesn’t want you to sit; they want you to shop.  After stepping on that rock for ten minutes, I found a swivel chair for sale. I sat down, untied my shoe, and shook it upside down.  I didn’t see anything fall out.  I shook it again.  Nothing again.  I stuck my hand inside of my shoe but felt nothing.  I put my shoe back on and felt nothing.  The rock was gone!  Evidently it was so small that I didn’t notice it when shook out my shoe.  James said in James 3:5, “… the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!”  The tongue is a tiny organ of the body, but a gossiping tongue is a huge danger!  James goes on to say in verses 6-8, “… the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: … and it is set on fire of hell. For every kind of beasts, … is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.”  Like my tiny rock, the tiny tongue is big problem!  Hey, today, guard your tongue.  Watch what you say and have a good day!

Shopping ... or not

 

I went into Hobby Lobby Saturday morning to get some ribbon and tissue paper for a birthday party.  While looking for the ribbon, I noticed mostly women in the store.  Actually, too many women for me to be comfortable.  In the checkout line, I noticed a man come in with his wife and daughter.  The ladies looked happy and pleased to be shopping, but the man looked like he would rather be at Lowe’s or Home Depot.  Before I made it to the cashier, I saw two more men come in.  Each gave me a pitiful glance as they followed their female into unfamiliar territory.  Poor fellows.  See you at Tractor Supply on Monday … two hours before Hobby Lobby opens.  Hey, do you look like the men or look the ladies when you go to church?  Are you happy to be there or are you there out of protest?  Do you feel like you are doing God a favor by showing up at church?  Or can you say with David in Psalm 122:1, “I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.”  When you shake hands with the pastor at the end of the service and he says, “Thank you for coming today,” do you say (like they say at Chick fil-A), “My pleasure!”?