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Page 4B, The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, August 21,2019
I Sure Do Miss St. Sanity
Special to the Ledger
Dr. James L Snyder
The Gracious Mistress
of the Parsonage and me
recently celebrated our
48th wedding anniversa
ry. It sure does not seem
we have been married
that long. I guess, as you
get older, according to
my grandmother, time
goes faster. If that is
true, I must be getting
older.
We met in
September,
became
engaged in
February of
the following
year and in
August of
that year we
had our “I
Do” ceremo-
James
ny.
As a naive
young man, I did not
know that that “I Do”
meant that for the rest of
my life I would “Do.” I
must say I have tried to
keep up to that sacred
covenant for all these
years.
Confession is in order
here, and I must say that
on the wife’s side of this
relationship, the “I Do”
covenant has been faith
fully upheld.
I will admit that our
marriage has not been
perfect. After all, look
who my wife has to deal
with every day! And
deal with, she has most
successfully. If I were
playing cards, she would
have dealt a winning
hand every time.
After all these years,
things have changed
quite a bit. I acknowl
edge that as normal.
L. Snyder
Nothing ever remains
the same I’m sure. Some
things I do not want to
remain the same.
In some ways, I wish
my age would remain
the same, but that would
be a very difficult thing
to maintain. How can
you tell people you are
20 years old when you
look like 80? I have seen
some research that says
that 60 are
the new 40.
I can only
hope.
We have
had quite a
trip down
through
these years.
There
have been
children,
then grand
children,
and then great-grand
children. The Gracious
Mistress of the Parson
age keeps these birth
days all up to date. My
responsibility is buying
the birthday card.
In spite of all the won
derful things we have
experienced through the
years, one thing I really
miss.
To be honest, there
are many things that I
missed down through
the years. This year I
celebrate the 50th an
niversary of my gradu
ating from high school.
I sure miss those days,
but we got together and
acted like fools, although
some of us were not
acting.
Of all the things I have
missed, there is only one
that rings a bell with me.
The thing I miss today
is good old St. Sanity.
I am old enough to
remember the time when
St. Sanity ruled the day.
I must say that I sure
miss him a lot today.
It is not that I have not
looked for him. I have
but to date I have not
found him.
Of course, when I was
younger we did not even
have TV let alone In
ternet and cell phones. I
spent a lot of time in that
place quite unfamiliar
today called the library. I
had wonderful memories
of time in the library.
For those who do not
know, a library is a place
where they had books.
Looking around at the
culture today, all I see is
Ms. Insanity and boy is
she popular.
During a recent trip I
spent time listening to
the radio and particular
ly some of the modern
music. I am not quite
sure what modern music
is but I tried listening.
I remember the time
when you could listen
to music, hear the words
and phrases, understand
what they were saying
and it all made sense.
Now, not only can’t I
hear the words because
of the beating of the
drums in the back
ground, but none of the
words make sense.
Ms. Insanity has taken
over the music industry.
One night the wife
and I were watching a
late TV show that had
a contemporary co
median. I never heard
of the person and as I
was listening to him, I
was not hearing him. I
could barely make out
the sentences and none
of it really made sense.
If that was humor, I am
not laughing. I would
like to share an example
but I cannot remember
anything that he said.
People laugh at Ms. In
sanity because that is the
expected thing to do.
Ms. Insanity has taken
over the comedy indus
try.
I am not a big fan of
politics. There was a
political program on
the other night my wife
and I were watching. At
first, I thought it was a
comedy routine and my
wife and I laughed and
laughed.
As my wife was laugh
ing she said, “Nobody
is that stupid to say
something that stupid.”
She laughed hysterically
along with me.
Ms. Insanity has taken
over politics to the point
that sanity has been
voted out.
As we were watching
this political program, it
occurred to me that this
was not a comedy rou
tine. What these people
were saying was exactly
what they believed. At
least what they want
ed me to believe they
believed.
“You know,” I whis
pered to my wife, “these
people are not trying to
be funny.”
Looking at me rather
weirdly, my wife said,
“Oh, you silly boy, yes
they are.”
As we were laughing
see Sanity,
page 5B
From The Bible
By Jerry Kingery
Gideon threshed
wheat
And the children of
Israel did evil in the
sight of the LORD:
and the LORD de
livered them into the
hand of Midian seven
years. ... And Israel
was greatly impover
ished because of the
Midianites; and the
children of Israel cried
unto the LORD.
And it came to pass,
when the children of
Israel cried unto the
LORD because of the
Midianites, That the
LORD sent a prophet
unto the children of
Israel, which said unto
them, Thus saith the
LORD God of Israel,
I brought you up from
Egypt, and brought
you forth out of the
house of bondage;
And I delivered you
out of the hand of the
Egyptians, and out
of the hand of all that
oppressed you, and
drave them out from
before you, and gave
you their land; And I
said unto you, I am the
LORD your God; fear
not the gods of the
Amorites, in whose
land ye dwell: but ye
have not obeyed my
voice.
And there came an
angel of the LORD,
and sat under an oak
which was in Ophrah,
that pertained unto
Joash the Abiezrite:
and his son Gideon
threshed wheat by the
winepress, to hide it
from the Midianites.
And the angel of the
LORD appeared unto
him, and said unto
him, The LORD is
with thee, thou mighty
man of valour. And
Gideon said unto him,
Oh my Lord, if the
LORD be with us,
why then is all this
befallen us? and where
be all his miracles
which our fathers told
us of, saying, Did not
the LORD bring us
up from Egypt? but
now the LORD hath
forsaken us, and deliv
ered us into the hands
of the Midianites. And
the LORD looked
upon him, and said,
Go in this thy might,
and thou shalt save
Israel from the hand of
the Midianites: have
not I sent thee? And he
said unto him, Oh my
Lord, wherewith shall
I save Israel? behold,
my family is poor in
Manasseh, and I am
the least in my father’s
house. And the LORD
said unto him, Surely
I will be with thee,
and thou shalt smite
the Midianites as one
man. And he said unto
him, If now I have
found grace in thy
sight, then shew me a
sign that thou talkest
with me. Depart not
hence, I pray thee,
until I come unto
thee, and bring forth
my present, and set it
before thee. And he
said, I will tarry until
thou come again. And
Gideon went in, and
made ready a kid, and
See Bible,
page 5B
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