Good Things

by Everett Christian, McAlester, OK

GOOD THINGS
Saturday, February 5, 2011
 
GOD SPEAKS TO US THROUGH HIS HOLY WORD
 
30 Charm is deceptive, and beauty does not last;
      but a woman who fears the Lord will be greatly praised.
 31 Reward her for all she has done.
      Let her deeds publicly declare her praise.
- Proverbs 31:30-31(New Living Translation).
 
 
 
GOD'S PROMISE TO US FROM HIS HOLY WORD
 
20 Those who listen to instruction will prosper;
      those who trust the Lord will be joyful.
- Proverbs 16:20(New Living Translation).
 
 
 
A QUOTE
 
Our attitude toward others will determine their attitude toward us.
-Ted W. Engstrom -
 
 
 
THOUGHTS TO REMEMBER
 
"Can't" never did anything until "try" came along.
- From Reminisce Magazine -
 
Choose to build ........rather than destroy.
- Author Unknown -
 
 
 
NOTES
 
Today has been a sunny day with a high temperature of 42 degrees.  Low temperature last night was 17 degrees.  My cleaning lady came at 11:10 a.m. and cleaned my house while I went to lunch with Charley.  I came by the post office and Family Dollar Store.  The mainly traveled streets were much better today but the lesser traveled streets are still snow packed.  We will not have a church service tomorrow because the church parking lot is still snow covered and the streets near the church are some of the lesser traveled streets and are still slick.  In this part of the country we don't have as much equipment for snow and ice clearing as they do further north.  We don't have much bad winter weather.  This winter is an exception for McAlester, Oklahoma. 
 
I have been listening to the Speer Family as I did the Good Things.  They are a wonderful Southern Gospel group that have been around for a long time.  Several of the family members have gone on to Heaven, including Dad and Mom
Speer as well as Brock Speer.  The albums I have been listening to tonight over the Internet are real old and are very good listening.  I saw the Speer Family at least three times through the years but I never got to see Dad and Mom Speer.
 
I am feeling especially good tonight.  I will tell you why.  At my wife, Flonnie's, funeral the last thing we did was remove the ring from her finger.  Treva let me do that and I put it on my little finger next to my finger with my ring.  I wore that ring for almost three years.  One time as I was taking a shower her ring came off my finger and dropped in the bath tub.  I put it back on my finger and vowed to put some scotch tape on it so it wouldn't come off again but I didn't do that right away.  Two days after Christmas this year I discovered that Flonnie's ring was missing from my finger.  I cried and looked everywhere for the ring but I didn't find it.  I prayed to God that He would let me find that ring and tried to believe that He would.  I think I even made the statement that I would find that ring.  I guess my faith was weak as it has been a month and a half since I lost it.  Well, tonight I was looking in one of the drawers in the desk near my computer.  I saw a ring.  I picked it up and it was Flonnie's ring.  I said "Praise the Lord" and "Thank you Lord."  How in the world that ring got inside that drawer I will never know.  Folks, I think that was a Miracle from
God.  These rings are very special because we have our initials "ECF" on the rings.  You can bet I am going to fix this ring so it won't come off again.
 
The cats are fine.  They have been going out a little more today.  The picture tonight is another of the stray named Lucy.
 
At 10:40 p.m. skies are fair with a temperature of 34 degrees.  I will see you next time.
 
If you would like to drop the Good Things, send me an e-mail and I will certainly understand.
 
In Christian Love, Everett.