My Favorite 8" Skillet

 

I went to get my favorite 8” skillet out of the cabinet, and it wasn’t there!  Yikes!  I have had family and friends at my house over the past week, and they have helped do the dishes (and I am grateful) but … my favorite 8” skillet has been put away somewhere in my kitchen/dining room, and I don’t know where!  I know that I seem ungrateful, but I need that skillet.  So, I had to go on an Easter egg hunt last night for my favorite 8” skillet.  Did I tell you it was my favorite skillet?!!!  It wasn’t in the cutting board cabinet.  It wasn’t in the pots and pans cabinet, and it wasn’t in the back with the bigger pots.  It wasn’t overhead with the mixing bowls, pie pans, or serving bowls.  It wasn’t above the stove … wait … could it be in the drawer under the stove?  Yes, there it was!  Great!  That was close!  I use that skillet almost every morning to cook my bacon and eggs.  Did I tell you it was my favorite?  Hey, when I lose something precious, I go all out to find it!  I search every place that I can think of looking for that special item!  Hey, do I seek the dear Lord with that same urgency?  Isaiah 55:6&7, “Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.”  I like that part about “mercy” and “pardon”, but especially “abundantly”, don’t you?

Slick Shoelaces

 

I have new brown shoes that I like to wear because they are very stylish … but they keep coming untied!  Bummer.  And the shoes have shoelace slits instead of holes for the laces, so I must keep the flat shoelaces.  The problem is that the shoelaces are too slick and come undone.  I could double-knot them, but then I would have to untie the double-knot to get them off.  I’ve used a long-handled shoehorn (so I don’t have to untie the double-knot), but these shoes are designed too tight.  I push the shoehorn under the tongue, and then on my heel, and then back to the tongue again before I can get the shoe on.  It is just as quick to untie the double-knot!  But both take too long!  Someone suggested that I tie a granny knot instead of a square knot.  The granny knot won’t slip as easily … but it looks stupid because the loops run up and down instead of across the shoe (the way that they should).  So, I have been obsessing over my dilemma.  Yesterday, my son said, “Why don’t you just look on Amazon for your waxed shoelaces?”  But that’s too simple.  So I clicked on Amazon and found my flat waxed shoestrings in the length and color that I need, and they’ll be here Wednesday.  Such a simple and obvious solution.  Hey, often we overlook the dear Lord as we try to solve our daily problems.  It’s so simple to trust in Him for our daily needs, but too often, we overlook Him.  I Peter 5:7, “Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.”

Pink Flamingo Christmas Tie

 

So, you may wonder why I am writing about Christmas ties after Christmas.  I’ll explain:  I like Christmas ties.  They add a little humor to my Sunday dress-up, and I need all the help that I can get.  And as you can see from the picture, nothing says Christmas like a pink flamingo wearing a Christmas vest and a Santa hat.  Unless it is flanked by a palm tree with Christmas lights on it.  Brother Gary at church can’t believe how many Christmas ties that I have.  That’s because I get them after Christmas when they are deeply marked down.  The stores must move their Christmas stock to make way for their White sales in January.  So, all of my Christmas ties were actually a bargain.  But, in all honesty, the best bargain that I ever got was when I traded my filthy sins for eternal life in heaven!  Jesus took my sins, and in return, gave me His righteousness.  What a wonderful bargain!  II Corinthians 5:21, “For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”  Hey, this bargain is available to you too!  Make your decision for Christ today and get the deal of your life!