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Thursday, August 18, 2016 I Vol. 36 No. 33 I Faith & Worship I B5
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I grew up on a farm. My dad loved to raise purple
hull peas. He always planted enough for the entire
county. I spent many hours in a patch picking peas.
One thing I learned is that the best way to find that
one pea I was diligently searching for, the last one,
was to concentrate on picking one pod at a time. If I
looked behind me I would become frustrated. I would
think that I wasn’t moving through the patch fast
enough. If I looked in front of me I become discour-
aged due to the number of rows left to pick.
I would find something good to occupy my mind
while I picked. It might be what I would do when
I got through. Maybe I would speculate on what
Mama was going to fix for supper. There were lots
of good things I could look forward to. While I was
thinking positive thoughts I would pick one pod at a
time. I would eventually get to the end of the patch.
There was something oddly satisfying about all of
those beautiful peas that were now resting in the
pickup at the end of the row.
Mama combined some of those fresh peas with some
bacon and boiled them for supper. The ones I picked
seemed to taste better for some unknown reason.
Picking peas wasn’t fun but it was rewarding.
Life is like picking peas. A big project is done one
thing at a time. Life is lived one day, one hour, even
one minute at a time. If I spend too much time look-
ing behind me I can become frustrated with my own
lack of progress or the number of mistakes that I have
made. If I obsess over what might be ahead of me
I can experience discouragement about how to get
through any or all of the “what if’s”.
The best way to have inner peace and enjoy life is to
approach it like a huge pea patch with vines loaded
with ripe purple hull peas. Just start “picking” where
I am standing and pick one pod at a time. While I am
doing this I can think about what a blessing it is to be
able to get out and live and work today. I can reflect
on how good it is to end a fruitful day and look back
with satisfaction on what has been done.
What are you worried about today? Are you frustrat-
ed about your past? Are you discouraged about what
might happen in the future? May I suggest that you
let God forgive you for past mistakes and trust Him
with your future? We can only live in the “now”. We
can’t change our past. We don’t even know what will
happen in the future. God exists totally independent
of time. Only He can be in the past, present, and
future simultaneously.
I think I’ll just pick them peas ONE POD AT A
TIME.
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Our attendance was back up this week. We received
rain that we so badly needed, and our youth leader is
back from his trip. Things are going well with us.
Our birthday people this week are: Charity Arwine,
Chasity Overby, Ronnie Keller and Ann Lampley.
Celebrating anniversaries are Ronnie and Rhonda
Samford, Peter and Amy Stephens, and Randy and
Debra Coker.
We added these people to our prayer list: Lee
Hughes, Bobbie Walton, Charlsie Packwood, Jean
Mathis, Donna Jackson, Ricky Smith and Robert
Baker.
We had special music by Kristi Keele Angelo. She
also gave her testimony. Sometimes, the choices we
make for ourselves are not the ones that God has for
us. And if we are close enough to him spiritually, he
will help us make the right choices. Eugene Bowden,
spoke to the church and told us how much he loved
the people at Ramah, thanked them for all the help
personally and financially, while going through these
last few months. He also spoke of forgiveness. God
forgave us and we should forgive others. No one is
perfect, we all make mistakes. Mark Haltom, gave his
testimony, and a few others spoke. Bro Keith didn't
get to preach, however I believe everyone there was
blessed.
Sunday night, he preached from James 2:14.
FAITH WITHOUT WORKS. "What doth it profit,
my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and
have not works. Can faith save him?" Verse 26 says
"For as the body without spirit is dead, so faith with-
out works is also dead."
We also had a baptizing on Sunday night. Becky
Just has been in church for so many years, but relized
she wasn't saved. I'm sure there are people that have
gone to church all their lives and have not made the
realization that they are not saved. We also had Mat-
tie Grace Carter join our chuch by moving her letter
from Central Baptist, in Carthage.
This Saturday, the 20th will be our Back-To- School
Bash. Our School Supply Drive wifi also be on Satur-
day. It will be in town.
'Round my table
by Marilyn Corder
Hello everyone. Pray your week is blessed and wet!
1 was in Carthage yesterday afternoon about 1:30 or
2:00 p.m. and it was pouring down, got really excited.
Got home and nothing, that's happened several times
here lately. Guess the good Lord has decided we don't
need it as bad as we think we do. One of these days
it'll start and just keep going. Just talked to some
friends in Baton Rouge a little bit ago. they have at
least 3 inches of water in their house, it has started
to recede but now comes all the hard work, having
to pull up carpet and get everything dried out. Please
keep all the folks down in that area in your prayers.
SO GOOD HOMINY (Request)
2 T. butter
1 onion, chopped
1 green bell pepper, chopped
2 stalks celery, chopped
2 cans hominy, drained
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 small jar Cheez Whiz, (I use with jalapeno's)
In skillet melt butter and saute onions, peppers, and
celery. Add hominy, soup and Cheez Whiz. Mix well
and place in buttered casserole dish. Bake @350 de-
grees for about 30 to 45 minutes or until bubbly.
CHEESE GRITS
1 1/2 c. grits
6 c. boiling water
2 tsp.salt
1 lb. grated Velvetta cheese
11/2 sticks margarine
3 well beaten eggs
3 big shakes Tabasco sauce
Paprika
Salt to taste
Cook grits in boiling water with salt until thick. Melt
cheese with butter and add to grits. Add egg, Tabasco
and salt. Put into a greased casserole and sprinkle
with paprika. Bake in a 250 degree oven for 1 hour.
JUDY'S POTATOES
Potatoes, unpared and sliced
Velvetta cheese, shredded
Salt, pepper, garlic salt and Tony's
Onion, sliced
Butter, cubed
The amounts of each ingredient in this dish will
depend on how many you wish to feed. Spray your
baking dish with Pam. Put a layer of potatoes, some
of the seasonings, a layer of onion slices, a layer of
shredded cheese, then dot with some butter cubes.
Repeat layers until desired amount. Cover with foil
and bake @350 degrees for about 11/2 hours, uncov-
ering the last 15 to 20 minutes to brown. (Test pota-
toes at the end of the cooking time for doneness, may
have to cook a little longer.)
NEW MEXICO ICE CREAM BARS
1/2 gallon vanilla ice cream, softened
1 (8 oz.) carton Cool Whip
35 Oreo cookies, broken into pieces no larger than a
lima bean
Fold Cool Whip and Oreo's into ice cream. Put into
a 9 x 13 inch pan. Freeze. May want to set out a few
minutes before serving.
PARENTS, HAVE THE TALK
By Rhonda Oaks, August, 2016
the bell rang at 3 p.m., signaling the
end of the first day of school and the
beginning of a new school year. Casey
couldn’t get out of the building fast
enough. As she walked quickly to
the parking lot, she turned on her cell
phone. Keeping them turned off during
school hours was a new rule.
As she jumped into the car, she thought
about how great her senior year was
going to be. Her phone rang. It was
Amanda. She wanted to know what
time band practice was scheduled, and
was the cheer squad getting together.
Another call beeped in. She would call
Amanda back. It was Brandon asking
where she would be later in the eve-
ning. They made plans to meet at the
mall.
A chime signaled an incoming text
message. It was Tamara. She wanted
to know what Casey thought about
the new math teacher. And what about
that new girl - seems nice enough, but
did she really wear that outfit on the
first day of school? Casey laughed as
she and Tamara sent texts, emoji’s and
Minion’s back and forth.
She opened her Facebook page. Some
of her friends had already posted about
the first day of school. She searched
Snapchat for first day photos. Back to
Facebook to check for new posts and
to like the ones her friends had posted.
She quickly scanned through Twitter.
Oh, and Bev had asked her to check out
a pin on Pinterest that was really cool.
As Casey scrolled the social media
pages, another phone call interrupted
her. It was her mom. Casey was sure
she wanted to know how the day went
and if she was home. As the vehicle
came to a stop in the driveway, she
thought about how the 11-minute trip
to and from school wouldn’t be so bad
this year. She answered the phone and
assured her mom she was fine.
Then she turned the ignition off.
This scenario is more common than
many of us realize. With school begin-
ning in a few days, please don’t let your
teen driver mirror what has become an
all-too-normal routine of driving and
using a cell phone. Casey will be lucky
if she makes it to graduation without an
accident if this driving pattern contin-
ues. But how can we change it/
Laws are great and grand, but I am not
sure the creation of new laws wifi ulti-
mately make a difference in distracted
driving statistics. It is a difficult law to
enforce without actually witnessing a
texting driver.
Even worse is that it’s not only teenag-
ers who are guilty of being distracted.
We all are. In 2008, the engineer of a
commuter train in Los Angeles was
reportedly texting shortly before the
train slammed into another freight train.
Twenty-five people died. In December
2014, a Tennessee school bus driver
was texting when his bus crashed into
another school bus, killing two stu-
dents. The dangers of distracted driving
are real for all of us.
We know that teens are more easily dis-
tracted than adults and this might be an
issue that parents can help solve. While
you can’t police your teens around
the clock, you can preach, preach and
preach some more about the dangers of
distracted driving.
With more than 100,000 traffic crashes
in Texas each year caused by distracted
driving, 1 xDO 1 is reminding everyone
that using a phone while driving is a
risky habit. Additionally, a teen driver
who is posting to social media, check-
ing emails, watching a video, eating,
changing CD’s or any combination of
these activities is a dangerous con-
coction that when added to driving a
vehicle can be life-altering.
I have used this space before to spread
this very important message. This time,
as school bells ring signaling the begin-
ning of a new school year, I am asking
you to please have ‘the talk’ with your
teen drivers. Not the talk about sex or
bullying or being a responsible student,
though those are important conversa-
tions. Have the talk about distracted
driving, and how doing anything else
behind the wheel of a vehicle other
than driving can cause them or some-
one else to lose their life.
The gist of that talk should be “You
talk. You text. You crash.” It is a simple
message. Please do it. Please do it
today.
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