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From The Bible By Jerry Kingery Special to the Ledger Dr. James L Snyder I pride myself with the ability to express myself with the proper wording. I enjoy words and seeing how they relate one to another. Unfortunately, it has not always the case. I have found through the years that I have developed quite the art of stuttering. It happens at the most inconvenient moments. It is like the story of Honest Abe Lincoln and his wife. The story is not true of course, but it is very interesting. Mrs. Lincoln asks Honest Abe, “Does this dress make me look fat?” Known as “Honest Abe” we all chuckle at that moment of stutter ing for him. I have had such mo ments of my own. For example, the Gra cious Mistress of the Parsonage and I might be sitting in the living room watching TV and all the time the person on the other couch is chattering. Me, I am not listening, just smiling and nodding my head in agreement. That has cost me quite a bit through out the years. The wife was chatter ing and then she stopped and said, “I want to know what you think about that? And please be honest with me. Now the stuttering syndrome begins. I had no idea what she was talking about. Now I am backed into the prover bial corner with nowhere to go. How I answer that question, may determine my health. “Well,” my dear, I stuttered, “if you think it’s a good idea I just want you to know that I sup port you 100%.” Getting that out gives me a great sigh of relief. While saying this I am look ing at her smiling very graciously. “Oh,” my wife says rather sarcastically, which should have been a warning to me, “you want broccoli for supper tonight. Right?” How you get out of a situation like that is something I have yet to learn. Sometimes, or maybe I should say, all the time, it is crucial to listen to what your wife is saying particularly the questions. One morning after finishing breakfast, she looked at me smilingly and said, “Ya wanna take a ride with me this morning?” The first time she asked me this question I was startled because I could not remember the previous conversation as to where she wanted to go that morning. Trying to be the gracious hus band that I sometimes think I am, which is a solo opinion, I smiled, nodded and said, “Yes, of course, I want to go with you this morning.” That morning we went from thrift shop to thrift shop to thrift shop. I had no idea there were that many thrift shops in the entire world. I must say that my stuttering has got me into quite a bit of trouble throughout the years. I do not think I have im proved with the years. As they say, “One man’s stutter is his wife’s approval.” Of course, not all my stuttering has been negative. There were times that my stuttering put me in the right di rection and I have been so grateful. While in Bible Insti tute, I was dating this young woman. At the time, she was part of a singing group and I trav eled along just to travel along. We were going in a van and coming home, we sat in the back of the van. I must confess I was not a dating master at the time. I am not sure I have improved through out the years, but at this point, I do not have to do any dating. At the time, I was vulnerable to the situation at hand. In the back of the van, we sat and chatted about this and that. I talked about this and she talked about that. The conversation seemed to go along quite well. As someone who was not experienced in the dat ing world, I was having a wonderful time. The conversation drift ed towards one couple in the Bible Institute getting married. I do not remember who it was now, but she had a lot to say about that marriage. Then she said some thing that I did not first understand. “Wouldn’t it be,” she said very ro mantically, “wonderful to get married?” Now how does Mr. Stutterer respond to that question? Especially when that has never been a consideration on my part. Why would anybody in their right mind want to marry me? There were times that I could not even stand me. Putting my mouth in stuttering gear, I said something to the effect, “It would be wonderful to get married some day.” All she did was smile, hold my hand and was quiet until we got back to the school. To be truthful, I was rather suspicious of that quiet ness. I had not known her for long, but dur ing that time, I had not known her to be that quiet that long. Two months later we were engaged, six months later we were married. I owe it entirely to my stuttering syn drome. Of course, I must See Mouth, page 7B The cock crew The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine. Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing. Why askest thou me? ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them: behold, they know what I said. And when he had thus spoken, one of the of ficers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, say ing, Answerest thou the high priest so? Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me? Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest. And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore unto him, Art not thou also one of his disciples? He denied it, and said, I am not. One of the servants of the high priest, being his kins man whose ear Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with him? Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock crew. Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judg ment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover. Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man? They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee. Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him,and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death: That the saying of Jesus might be ful filled, which he spake, signifying what death he should die. Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews? Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me? Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done? Jesus an swered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be deliv ered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom See Bible, page 7B Page 6B, The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, February 13,2019 Have Mouth, Will Stutter James L. Snyder Attend The House of Worship of Your Choice This Sunday Lee County Church Of Christ Eddie Garcia, Minister Bible Study 9:30 AM Worship..10:30 AM & 6:00 PM Smithville Baptist Lance Fendley, Pastor Sunday School ...10:00 AM Worship...11 AM & 7 PM Philema Road Baptist Sunday School 9:45 AM Morning Worship 11:00 AM Evening Worship ..6:00 PM Alpha Baptist Tom Howard, Pastor Sunday School 9:45 AM Morning Worship 11:00 AM 1st Sunday of the Month Evening Worship ..6:00 PM Antioch Baptist Church Rev. Lem Wright 1st and 3rd Sunday Sunday School 9:00 AM 4th Sunday Worship Service .10:00 AM Friendship Baptist Church of Lee County Mark Spraggins, Pastor Sunday School 9:45 AM Morning Service.. 11:00 AM Phillip Grove Baptist Pastor Jenkins Sunday School ...10:00 AM 1 st & 3rd Sunday 11:00 AM Mt. Pleasant Baptist Pastor E B Washington Sunday School 8:00 AM Worship Service ...,9:15AM Albany Bible Church Pastor Pete Daughtry, Sun. Bible Class...9:30 & 11:00 Christ’s Sanctified Holy Church Rev. Gary Collier Sunday School ...10:00 AM Worship Service .. 11:00AM Life Church Pastor Shawn Hitt Sr. Adult SS 9:30AM Sunday Service....10:45AM Westview Baptist Church Rev. Grady Morey Sunday School....9:45 AM Worship Service... 11:00 AM Evening Worship...5:00 PM Kinchafoonee Baptist Rev. Melvin Slappy Sunday School 9:45 AM Morning Worship 11:00 AM Evening Worship ..7:00 PM Smithville United Methodist Rev. Duane Whittaker Worship 9:30 AM Sunday School ...10:45 AM Palmyra Baptist J. D. Bolden Sunday School ...10:00 AM Morning Worship 12:00 PM Bible Study (1 st Sun) .5:00 PM Eve. Wor. (1 st Sun)7:00 PM McAfee Grove Missionary Baptist Minister Robert Lewis Morgan First & Third Sundays Sunday School ...10:00 AM Worship 11:00 AM Second & Fourth Sundays Sunday School 8:00 AM Worship 9:00 AM Macadonia Baptist Church Sunday School ...10:30 AM First Sunday Morning Worship 11:45 AM Third Sunday Evening Worship .6:00 PM Jordan Grove Baptist Rev. Rod Hubbard Sunday School 9:45 AM Worship Service. 11:00 AM The Pointe Carl Barnhardt Sunday Worship...9:00 am Children’s Ministry (Infants-3yr old) Sunday Worship... 10:30 am Children’s Ministry (Infants - 5th grade) Leesburg Church Of Christ Bro. 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