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Page 8A, The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, July 6,2022
An Apple Fritter on My Mind
From The Bible
By Jerry Kingery
Special to the Ledger
Dr. James L. Snyder
The last few weeks
have been rather hectic,
and I’ve struggled to
keep up with every
thing. If it weren’t for
The Gracious Mistress
of the Parsonage, I
probably would not
have gotten where I am
today.
I don’t know anybody
who can plan out a day,
week, or month better
than her. She has every
thing planned down to
the smallest detail.
On the other hand,
I am not very good
when it comes to these
detailed plannings. I’m
the kind of in-the-you-
moment person. There
fore, I really get things
screwed up as far as
scheduling.
The Gracious Mistress
of the Parsonage can
think of a dozen things
at the same time. I can
only think of one thing
at a time. This gets me
into trouble because
sometimes, what I’m
thinking about isn’t
what I should be doing
at that time.
I think what it’s called
is multitasking. This is
something that I cannot
do even though I have
tried for a long time. I
can only keep one task
and focus at a time.
Usually, it’s the wrong
task I’m thinking of at
that particular time.
Women are famous
for multitasking. The
Gracious Mistress of
the Parsonage is cer
tainly the Queen of
multitasking. No matter
how much she has in
her hand, she always
has room for one more
task.
I’ve never been able to
do that, and I don’t have
a good reason. Usually,
at the end of the week, I
go over my list of tasks
and discover several
things I forgot about.
That usually is the very
frustrating part of my
week. I started out with
good intentions, but
then something else
came into view, and I
forgot what I was sup
posed to do.
It is quite frustrating
because Monday morn
ing, my wife will make
out her list of tasks for
the week several pages
of them. On Friday af
ternoon, she celebrates
the fact that everything
on her list is checked
off and has been duly
completed.
How she does it is
above my pay grade.
I’m glad she can do it,
and I’m jealous of that
talent.
The other week I
had a pile of tasks that
needed done. Every one
of them was necessary
to complete. I hate it
when something has a
due date attached to it,
but all were crucial in
fulfilling.
I started Monday quite
cheerful about my list of
tasks. Friday afternoon,
I was frustrated because
not one of those tasks
had been fulfilled. I
don’t know what hap
pened, but I do know
that nothing happened.
I just felt jittery all day
long. Since my heart
attack last year, The
Gracious Mistress of the
Parsonage convinced
me to drawback on my
Apple Fritters. There
was a time in my life
when I had an Apple
fritter a day and some
times more than that.
Looking over my list
of unfulfilled tasks, I
could only think about
an Apple Fritter at the
time. Nothing would
really calm down my
nerves but one of those
Apple Fritters.
Through the years, I
have tried to convince
my wife that an Ap
ple Fritter is a fruit. I
can’t convince her even
though I have tried
every con I know.
It’s been a long time
since I was this jittery
about my schedule. I
knew the only thing that
would calm me down
a little was sneaking
out of the
house and
getting an
Apple Fritter.
The more I
thought about
it, the more I
thought about
it.
I looked
at my list
of tasks for
the week and put at the
bottom of it the letters
“A F”. I knew what it
meant, and I was hoping
the other person in our
residence did not know
what it meant.
I laid my list on the
table, not thinking too
much about it, and then
my wife picked it up.
She looked at it, then
looked at me and asked
what “A F” meant?
At first, I didn’t know
what she was talking
about, and then it
dawned on me that I
had put those letters on
my task list. I did not
know how to respond
to her, but in a few
moments, I said, “That
simply means Arti
cle Finishing.” Then
I smiled one of my
gregarious smiles.
She looked at me
and wasn’t smiling but
giving me one of her
“stares.” I suspected I
was in trouble.
“Are you sure,” she
asked, “that it does not
Georgia Labor Commis
sioner Mark Butler said
Thursday that Albany
recorded an unemploy
ment rate of 3.5 percent in
May, up two-tenths of a
percent over the month. A
year ago, the rate was 5.4
percent.
“Even though the labor
force increased in all of
our regions, counties, and
mean Apple Fritter?”
It was such a frustrat
ing week; it was hard
for me to bounce back
with a credible answer.
“You do know,”
she said very se
riously, “that you
are not to have
Apple Fritters
because of your
health?”
Trying to
come up with an
answer, I simply
said, “I was just
thinking that
maybe if I thought a
little bit about an Apple
Fritter, it would make
me feel a little bit better
about my week.”
Looking at me, she
said, “I think that fin
ishing your tasks during
the week, is what will
make you feel better.”
Later I was reminded
of what the Bible says.
“His lord said unto him,
Well done, thou good
and faithful servant:
thou hast been faithful
over a few things, I will
make thee ruler over
many things: enter thou
into the joy of thy lord”
(Matthew 25:21).
I don’t have to do
everything, just a few
things that I can handle
for the glory of God.
Dr. James L. Snyder
lives in Ocala, FL with
the Gracious Mistress
of the Parsonage. Tele
phone 1-352-216-3025,
e-mail jamessnyder51@
gmail.com, website
www.jamessnyderminis-
tries.com.
metropolitan service ar
eas, job postings continue
to outpace those gains
placing strain on employ
ers to find talent for open
positions,” said Labor
Commissioner Mark But
ler. “Many areas across
our state are experiencing
difficulty in filling many
of the seasonal, tempo
rary jobs normally filled
Adonijah’s plot failed
Then sat Solomon
upon the throne of
David his father; and
his kingdom was
established greatly.
And Adonijah the son
of Haggith came to
Bathsheba the mother of
Solomon. And she said,
Comest thou peaceably?
And he said, Peaceably.
He said moreover, I
have somewhat to say
unto thee. And she said,
Say on. And he said,
Thou knowest that the
kingdom was mine,
and that all Israel set
their faces on me, that
I should reign: howbeit
the kingdom is turned
about, and is become
my brother’s: for it was
his from the LORD.
And now I ask one pe
tition of thee, deny me
not. And she said unto
him, Say on. And he
said, Speak, I pray thee,
unto Solomon the king,
(for he will not say
thee nay,) that he give
me Abishag the Shu-
nammite to wife. And
Bathsheba said, Well;
I will speak for thee
unto the king. Bathshe
ba therefore went unto
king Solomon, to speak
unto him for Adonijah.
And the king rose up
to meet her, and bowed
himself unto her, and
sat down on his throne,
and caused a seat to
be set for the king’s
mother; and she sat on
his right hand. Then
she said, I desire one
with summer workers,
due to the opportunities
in full-time employment.”
The labor force de
creased in Albany by 77
and ended the month with
65,864. That number is
down 228 when com
pared to May of 2021.
Albany finished the
month with 63,573
employed residents. That
small petition of thee;
I pray thee, say me not
nay. And the king said
unto her, Ask on, my
mother: for I will not
say thee nay. And she
said, Let Abishag the
Shunammite be given
to Adonijah thy broth
er to wife. And king
Solomon answered and
said unto his mother,
And why dost thou ask
Abishag the Shunam
mite for Adonijah? ask
for him the kingdom
also; for he is mine
elder brother; even for
him, and for Abiathar
the priest, and for Joab
the son of Zeruiah.
Then king Solomon
sware by the LORD,
saying, God do so to
me, and more also, if
Adonijah have not spo
ken this word against
his own life. Now
therefore, as the LORD
liveth, which hath
established me, and
set me on the throne of
David my father, and
who hath made me an
house, as he promised,
Adonijah shall be put
to death this day. And
king Solomon sent by
the hand of Benaiah the
son of Jehoiada; and he
fell upon him that he
died.
from 1 Kings 2
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number decreased by 171
over the month and is up
by 1,054 when compared
to the same time a year
ago.
Albany ended May
with 62,100 jobs. That
number decreased by 100
from April to May and
increased by 1,400 when
compared to this time last
year.
James L.
Snyder
Albany Sees Rise in May Unemployment Rate
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
Les Reed, 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 Matthew
Schluckebier
Sunday School 9:15 AM
Worship Service.. 10:30 AM
Westview Baptist Church
Rev. Grady Morey
Sunday School....9:45 AM
Worship Service...11:00 AM
Evening Worship...5:00 PM
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Kinchafoonee Baptist
Rev. Melvin Slappy
Sunday School 9:45 AM
Morning Worship 11:00 AM
Evening Worship ..7:00 PM
Smithville United
Methodist
Rev. Henry Lee Young
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 (1st 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 - 3 yr old)
Sunday Worship...10:30 am
Children’s Ministry
(Infants - 5th grade)
Leesburg Church
Of Christ
Bro. Howard Bouldin
Sunday School 9:30 AM
Morning Worship 10:45 PM
Evening Worship .5:00 PM
Greater Zion Hope
Apostle Henry L Hosley
Every 1st, 4th, 5th Sunday
Sunday School...8:00 a.m.
Sunday Worship..9:00 a.m.
Albany Community
Seventh-day
Adventist Church
Pastor Steve Rose
Saturdays
Bible Study 9:30 AM
Worship 10:40 AM
Unity Church of Christianity
Rev. Joanna Gabriel
Morning Worship ...,11:00 AM
New Hope AME
Rev. E.X. King
Every 1st and third Sunday
Sunday School 10:00 AM
Sunday Worship 11:00 AM
House Of God
Saints In Christ
Elder A.F. Caldwell, Pastor
Sunday School 10:30 AM
1st, 2nd, & 4th Sundays
Morning Worship ...,11:45 AM
2nd & 4th Sunday
Evening Service 6:30 PM
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The Church at
the Groves
Worship 9:30 AM
Worship 11:00 AM
Wooden Grove Baptist
Joe Jones, Pastor
1st, 3rd, & 5th Sunday
Sunday School ...,9:45 AM
Worship 11:00 AM
2nd & 4th Sunday
Sunday School 7:45 AM
Worship 9:00 AM
Lifegate Church
Sunday Service... 10:00 AM
Thundering Springs
Baptist Church
Sunday School 9.45 AM
Morning Worship 11:00 AM
Evening Worship .6:00 PM
Leesburg United
Methodist Church
Pastor Lee Smith
Worship 8:30 AM
Sunday School ...,9:30 AM
Worship 10:30 AM
Green Grove Baptist
Smithville, GA
Rev. H. Waters
Sunday School ..11:00 AM
Every First Sunday
Morning Worship 11:45 AM
Kingdom Vision
Christian Center
Rev. Earl S. Harrison,
Pastor
Sunday School ...10:00 AM
Sunday Worship .11:15 AM
Heritage Full
Gospel Church
Hickory Grove Road
Sunday School 9:45 AM
Sunday Service.... 10:45 AM
Sunday Evening.. 6:00 PM
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Leesburg Cemetery
Leesburg First Baptist
Sunday School 9:00 AM
Worship 10:15 AM
Evening Worship ..6:00 PM
Greater United Pleasant
Green Baptist Church
Rev. Andrew E.
McDowell, Jr.
Sunday School 9:45 AM
Worship 11:15AM
Flint Reformed
Baptist Church
Joshua DeLong, Pastor
Worship 10 AM
Evening Worship 5 PM
Amazing Grace
Baptist Church
Dr. Johnny Nixon
Sunday School 9:45 AM
Morning Worship..10:45AM
Evening Worship...6:00 PM
Mt. Hope Baptist Church
Services 1st Sunday
Church 8:00 AM
Sunday School 9:00 AM
Piney Grove #3
Charles Carr, Pastor
Sunday School... 10:00 AM
2nd and 4th Sunday
Worship 11:00 Noon
Emmanuel Community
Baptist Church
Al Bryant, Pastor
Sunday School ..10:00 AM
Morning Worship 11:00 AM
Shady Grove
Baptist Church
Ferlin Tyson, Pastor
Belinda Tyson - First Lady
1st and 2nd Sunday
Worship Service . 11:00 AM
Every Sunday
Sunday School ..10:00 AM
St. Matthew Missionary
Baptist Church
Rev. Dr. H. C. Wilson,
Pastor
Sunday School... 10:00 AM
2nd. Sun. Worship..11:00 AM
4th Sunday 7:00 PM
Church Family of
Prayer Ministry
Pastor Norbert Ingram
Sunday. 11:00
New Hope Baptist
Church
Jonathan LaBarge Pastor
Sunday School 10 am
Service 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.