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Page 4B, The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, August 28,2019
From The Bible
By Jerry Kingery
It s Hard
Special to the Ledger
Dr. James L Snyder
Throughout life, I have
discovered many challeng
es. Some I have handled
fairly well and others have
handled me pretty badly.
That is what makes life
so interesting. Every day
there is a challenge to face
and every day there is a
victory to win.
Recently the
Gracious Mistress
of the Parsonage
and I celebrated
our 48th wed
ding anniversary.
I would not be
truthful if I did not
admit that those
48 years have been
rather challenging.
Not so much in
a negative way
but each chal
lenge carried with it a life
lesson.
At the end of these 48
years, I must confess my
wife knows more about
me then I know about
myself, or her for that
matter. How she has come
to these conclusions, I do
not know.
But, to be honest I do
not know very much about
myself compared to what
she knows.
Not wasting those 48
years, I never contradict
my wife on anything.
Even, if I think she may be
wrong about something.
There are spouses that
try to correct their spouse
when talking to other peo
ple. I am so thankful that
while I am speaking to
someone my wife will cor
rect me so the person I am
talking to has the facts.
After all, she knows
more about me and my
experiences than I do. I
am not contesting that one
iota. Why should I?
The biggest secret to
a successful marriage is
for Me to
going along rather than
being confrontational. It
does not matter to me if
she corrects me; Eve come
to appreciate that.
After all, I get so many
things wrong these days. I
cannot remember birth
days, anniversaries or
special occasions. It’s not
because I’m getting older
because
when
I was
young
er, I
had the
same
prob
lem.
If I
were
not
mar
ried, I
proba
bly would not remember
my own birthday.
Thinking about this
the other day a thought
danced into my mind. If I
wanted to be right all the
time, why in the world did
I get married? A married
couple is to work together
and it seems that we have
the ideal connection in
this regard.
I remember when I wore
a younger man’s suit; I
nonchalantly corrected my
wife about a certain thing
that happened when she
got the day of the week
wrong.
“Don’t you remember,
Honey,” I interrupted her,
“it was on a Wednesday
not a Thursday.”
She gave me one of
“those looks” and said,
“Maybe it was a Thurs
day.”
That look alone was
enough to graduate me
from being the corrector
of her conversation to
being the quiet agreeable
guy. Through the years, I
discovered being agree-
Conceal
able is a great deal of
blessings and I enjoyed
each one of those bless
ings.
One thing I have a real
difficulty and that is, not
giggling.
I may be affected with
giggle-itis, which is far
as I know has no cure.
Of course, when I start
giggling it is very difficult
for me to stop.
The only temporary
cure I have found is when
I start to giggle, I take a
deep breath and then think
of broccoli. If anything
sobers me up and even
makes me a little bit angry
it is this vegetable.
Of course, when I begin
thinking of broccoli, the
giggle goes away, but a
very deep sickness in my
stomach begins to devel
op.
That sickness in my
stomach is to be preferred
over giggling aloud at a
very inappropriate time.
My giggles always seem
to come out at an inappro
priate time.
I remember my wife tell
ing a story to some friends
about one of our grand
children. If she knows
anything, she knows
about the grandkids. She
has a Masters degree in
grandchildrenology. This
time, however, she got the
grandkids names mixed
up. She had the one doing
what another grandchild
did.
Nobody knew the dif
ference except me. As she
continued developing this
story, it got beyond my
giggle control.
When my giggles start,
my eyes begin lighting up
like a laser beam. Fol
lowing that, my lips start
trembling out of which
multiple giggles escape.
Once my lips start trem
bling it is all over.
a Giggle
I knew the real story and
the names and the way
she told the story using
the wrong name was so
hilarious for anybody who
knew the real story. I will
not divulge the names now
because it was too funny.
As she continued with
the story, it got so bad I
had to pinch my nose to
stop any giggling.
At the time, I was begin
ning to smile and my wife
happened to see me.
For me to keep from gig
gling, I had to think about
something else. So, when
she looked at me and said,
“What are you thinking
about?”
At this point, I was on
automatic pilot. When I
opened my mouth, I had
a choice. Do I giggle or
do I mention the word
broccoli?
I had no control. I
opened my mouth and
said, “I was thinking
about broccoli.”
The people knew me
very well and as soon as
they heard that word, they
started laughing hysteri
cally. When they started
laughing my giggle-itis
exploded like I haven’t
seen it explode before.
I thought of what Sarah
said after Isaac was born,
“God has brought me
laughter, and everyone
who hears about this will
laugh with me.” (Genesis
21:6).
Laughter, or a giggle,
is recognition of God’s
blessing in my life.
Dr. James L. Snyder,
pastor of the Family of
God Fellowship, lives with
the Gracious Mistress of
the Parsonage in Ocala,
FL. Call him at 352-687-
4240 or e-mail jamessny-
der2@att.net. The church
web site is www.whatafel-
lowship.com.
Gideon and the fleece
And when Gideon
perceived that he was
an angel of the LORD,
Gideon said, Alas, O
Lord GOD! for because
I have seen an angel of
the LORD face to face.
And the LORD said
unto him, Peace be unto
thee; fear not: thou shalt
not die. Then Gideon
built an altar there unto
the LORD, and called it
Jehovahshalom: unto this
day it is yet in Ophrah of
the Abiezrites.
And it came to pass
the same night, that the
LORD said unto him,
Take thy father’s young
bullock, even the second
bullock of seven years
old, and throw down
the altar of Baal that
thy father hath, and cut
down the grove that is
by it: And build an altar
unto the LORD thy God
upon the top of this rock,
in the ordered place, and
take the second bull
ock, and offer a burnt
sacrifice with the wood
of the grove which thou
shalt cut down. Then
Gideon took ten men
of his servants, and did
as the LORD had said
unto him: and so it was,
because he feared his
father’s household, and
the men of the city, that
he could not do it by day,
that he did it by night.
And when the men of
the city arose early in
the morning, behold, the
altar of Baal was cast
down, and the grove was
cut down that was by it,
and the second bullock
was offered upon the
altar that was built. And
they said one to anoth
er, Who hath done this
thing? And when they
enquired and asked, they
said, Gideon the son
of Joash hath done this
thing. Then the men of
the city said unto Joash,
Bring out thy son, that
he may die: because he
hath cast down the altar
of Baal, and because he
hath cut down the grove
that was by it. And
Joash said unto all that
stood against him, Will
ye plead for Baal? will
ye save him? he that will
plead for him, let him
be put to death whilst it
is yet morning: if he be
a god, let him plead for
himself, because one
hath cast down his altar.
Therefore on that day
he called him Jerubbaal,
saying, Let Baal plead
against him, because he
hath thrown down his
altar.
Then all the Midianites
and the Amalekites and
the children of the east
were gathered togeth
er, and went over, and
pitched in the valley of
Jezreel. But the Spir
it of the LORD came
upon Gideon, and he
blew a trumpet; and
Abiezer was gathered
after him. And he sent
messengers throughout
all Manasseh; who also
was gathered after him:
and he sent messen
gers unto Asher, and
unto Zebulun, and unto
Naphtali; and they came
up to meet them. And
Gideon said unto God, If
thou wilt save Israel by
mine hand, as thou hast
said, Behold, I will put
a fleece of wool in the
floor; and if the dew be
on the fleece only, and
it be dry upon all the
earth beside, then shall I
know that thou wilt save
Israel by mine hand, as
thou hast said. And it
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James L. Snyder
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J. D. Bolden
Sunday School... 10:00 AM
Morning Worship 12:00 PM
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Morgan
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Sunday School... 10:30 AM
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Evening Worship .6:00 PM
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Bro. Howard Bouldin
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Rev. E.X. King
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