Peeps

Yes, it has started! The first of the season Peeps are here, especially for those of us who are addicted to them. I stopped at Dollar Tree to pick up a couple of $ items and spotted them immediately. Now I will go on a peep hunt - trying to find all of the different flavors of peeps available in this area. I as pickle flavored ones on Facebook last year, but have been unable to find them in the store. My favorite way to eat them is to open the package and let them set for a day or two until they get a little bit crunchy on the outside. Now don’t say I didn’t warn you peep fans – they are out there now!

                                                      they are here💛💛💛

                                                    

We saw the strangest thing at Wal-Mart the other day – although there always seems to be strange things in the Wal-Mart parking lot. There was a pickup truck, with side racks built up in the bed and all painted a military sort of green. All over this truck were metal objects – small cars, bits of rusty somethings, jewelry, etc. all painted the same green color. I mean the truck was full of stuff. There were a lot of folks looking at it so decided to wait until we came out to take a pic up close. When we came out I headed over to the trick when I saw someone on the driver’s seat and was going to ask if I could take a photo when I noticed a sign which read “You are welcome to look at my truck but please do not touch it. For a donation, you can take a picture of it”. Needless to say, I did not take a picture, although this may have been his only means of income. Guess I was shocked after reading the note.

A rather quiet week for the ministry for a change. We did our normal routine of delivering to the colonias on Friday, collecting items donated to the ministry and sorting them, and of course, hauling bulk pinto beans for packaging. Our dear friend, Linda Smith, will come over on Thursday to help. She loves doing this – even when I suggest I could do it and she would not have to drive 10 mile or so to help, she replied that “Fred and I have a routine and can get it done quickly”. Guess I cannot take her blessing away.

Our Miss Opal, who is always willing to sew for the ministry, took a face first fall the other day. We stopped yesterday to chat with her and was shocked to see her whole face was black and blue, as well as a scrape on her forehead. Luckily, there were a few people around her when it happened so help was right there. She was taken to an emergency center, and proclaimed perfectly ok, except for all the bruising. She is a bit unsteady on her feet after her stoke a few years ago and really didn’t seem to know what happened. But she is feisty for sure and laughing at the whole situation, while she put a scare into all of us.

We will be attending a chaplain luncheon later this week for all of the chaplains and their wives on the eastern section of the Valley. Just an informal get together and chance to unwind for the day. It is also the day for the all day sewing of our Busy Bees quilting group, so I will attend part of that. I do like the sewing group as we all can see what the others are doing get greet ideas and helpful hints, and again, just enjoy each other’s company.

Church this morning with Pastor Jim Maxson was as uplifting as usual. We love Jim’s sermons as they come from his heart after listening to what God wants him to speak to us about. He told us an interesting side note – Wal-Mart music is in tune with the season or time of year. This last week was all about love because of Valentine’s Day. I do notice that Christmas music is played at Christmastime to keep you in the buying spirit, but did not realize it went on all year long. Will have to pay closer attention. His sermon, “Love Letters” was quite appropriate. He saw a tee shirt there at Wal-Mart which read “I Love Me” which is a picture of the problem between God and Men. Men have turned their love inward and have caused Satan to rule and nations to war. In the recent celebration of Valentine’s Dy, women wait for the resurgence of romance, while men fear the day because they don’t know what expectations are demanded from them. Relationships and love go together – you need to have a relationship with one another so you can understand each Other’s needs and wants, as well as to have love for the other person and not yourself. They are the fundamental elements of life. God created us for relationships, with each other as well as with Him. We, as Christians, are in a fight with Satan. Good’s word assures us that we may be knocked down, but never knocked out because we have the ultimate power in the word. We are never knocked out because we have an endless supply of Gods love. We have unending forgiveness. Guilt convinces us that we are losers before the battle starts. Christ justified us – “just as if we had never sinned”. If a jury pronounces us not guilty, we can never be tried for that crime or sin again. The same as with the Lord, when we are forgiven it is forever. Anything that has be given into God’s hands can never be snatched away. True love comes with a personal relationship with God. Have you come to a relationship with Him? Of not, do so today, right now.