IF curiosity drove you to click on this post…just to see what in the dickens I’m going on about now…you’re probably not alone. In fact…if I were a bettin’ woman…I’d go with my gut on this one.
However, since I’m feelin’ lucky…I’ll take my little speculation one step further and suggest that some of you have a super-sized ‘WRONG STUFF’ sandwich in your left hand right now…just waiting to take the next bite. And…yet another group of you have been trying to finish up your ‘WRONG STUFF’ leftovers for days…and you’ve got a serious bellyache. Oh yeah…you’ve polished off a family-sized bottle of Pepto-Bismol this week already…and you still can’t get that nasty taste out of your mouth.
Before you run out to the 24/7 drugstore for another bottle of Pepto…gimme five minutes. Actually…all I need is three. So…put down the sandwich...just let it go. We need to talk.
For weeks…many weeks…I have seen and heard a message of hopelessness and despair from EVERY possible source. EVERYONE is talking about the very real crisis that exists in our country. I would rather clean a toilet than have to listen to the national media’s take on the situation one more time, and I’m actually beginning to think that THEY are the source of the problem. (That’s another post!)
A little word demonstration of my point…
Have you ever cooked a 25 pound turkey for Thanksgiving and only had four people show up for dinner? That REALLY did happen to me once. (That’s YET another post!) IF it hasn’t happened to you…take my word THAT after a few days…JUST thinking about another turkey sandwich makes you lose your appetite…IF NOT YOUR LUNCH.
SO what I’m saying is…ENOUGH ALREADY! I don’t want NO MORE…and I suspect that you don’t either.
Do your achey, brakey belly a favor. STEP AWAY from the ‘WRONG STUFF’ sandwich. There is a bountiful feast of the most delicious and tempting (fill in the blank with the most beautiful things you can imagine) already prepared for you. ALL you need to do is come to the table and enjoy.
Now if you’ll allow me just one more minute of your time…I’d like to serve you a little slice of some ‘GOOD STUFF’ right now.
Last night...I received this comment on one of my posts. It really touched my heart and made me think about ALL the many BLESSINGS in my life. This is a portion of that comment:
“The house we lived in before that house was even worse. I don't remember a lot about it since we lived there up until I was about 4. It was bleak; a small, weathered old one room shack that held two full beds, a treadle sewing machine, small dresser and a few straight back chairs pulled up to the fireplace. There was a small room at the back for a kitchen and table. There was no electricity, no running water, no plumbing, and the stove was a wood-burning stove. There was no refrigerator or any other electrical appliance. There was also a small side room that held a quilt box and shelves for storing vegetables canned by my grandmother and mother. Our lighting at night was achieved by a coal-oil lamp. There were no screens on either the doors or the windows and in the winter there were rags stuffed into the cracks. I have no idea how we did it but eight people lived there, my grandparents, parents, three siblings and me. I think the adults slept on the beds and the kids slept on the floor. Oh, and our water source was a well in the yard that water was drawn from and that our mother cont
inually warned us from getting near.
Thank God for the covered and shaded front porch with two rocking chairs in the summertime. The best thing was an abundant vegetable garden, fresh eggs, the amazing nighttime sky, beautiful scenery, beautiful flowers planted by my grandmother, and the beautiful people who lived there (with the exception of my abusive father.)”
Tonight’s post was inspired by Philippians 4:8.
Finally, brothers, whatever is TRUE, whatever is NOBLE, whatever is RIGHT, whatever is PURE, whatever is LOVELY, whatever is ADMIRABLE—if anything is EXCELLENT or PRAISEWORTHY—think about such things.
Written and Posted by:
Elizabeth Nieves - Broker, REALTOR®
The Elizabeth Nieves Realty Group @ Keller Williams (A Bilingual Real Estate Team serving Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill NC and surrounding areas.)
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