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NOT A MISTAKE

Monroe County was founded in 1820 and named after James Monroe, 5th President of the United States.  The county seat and largest city is Tompkinsville.  Estimated population as of 2015 was 10,667.  Cities are Fountain Run, Gamaliel and the county seat, Tompkinsville.  

Recently, I had some home repairs done. Because home repairs are commonly worrisome and costly, prevention – when possible – is a great choice. And home-maintenance advice is even available on the Internet.

I think sometimes maybe I should have entitled my column, this and that.

Bett said recently, “Men mostly start wars. I’ve never heard of women starting a war”, she said. I thought about this some. I told her, “I’m a man. I never thought about starting a war.” 

One morning last week, after I had grown tired of every US network obsessing over the pros and cons of a Trump presidency, I switched channels to the BBC World News.  While listening to the BBC World News, I started reading the scroll at the bottom of the screen.  “Austria Seeks Hermit,” I read.  That’s all it said.  No elaboration, just “Austria Seeks Hermit.”

The Bible word “remnant” is used frequently, and means, “rest, residue, ... remainder” (Brown-Driver-Briggs, p. 984). At times, this word described the people of God. For example, God called His people a “remnant” on several occasions (Isa. 10:20-22, 37:4; Jer. 23:3; Joel 2:32; Amos 5:15; Micah 2:12, 4:7, 5:7-8; Zeph. 2:7, 9, 3:13; Zech. 8:12; Rom. 9:27, 11:5). God called the survivors of the Babylonian captivity the “remnant” (Amos 5:15; Micah 2:12) when they returned to their homes to rebuild what had been destroyed so they could start anew (See: Ezra, Nehemiah).

WHAT DO YOU THINK?  Recently I read something that, oh I don't know, inspirational is not really the right word, which was what I originally was going to use and neither was it an epiphany, which I also considered using because it was not a sudden revelation, it was more like those times when you know deep in your bones that something is true but just is not being said.

My husband and I attended Mt. Olivet Sunday to be with my daughter and her family. When I was leaving the church, a gentleman stopped me and said “I love your pictures on BeechTree News, especially the barns.” This one’s for him. I don’t know this gentleman’s name, but it was so kind of him to go out of his way to tell me this. So many times, we forget to be kind to each other. It just takes the smallest thing to make someone’s day better. 

I hope everyone has a marvelous week and always count your blessings!

I used to tease my late husband that if nothing else were available, he would read a cereal box. I may be just as bad. Lately, some of my reading has included the following information.

It’s ironical (peculiar funny-not ha-ha; “quire”) we’ve just celebrated the birthday of Jesus, who in His own words said, “I have come seek and to save that which is lost,” if you watch TV, only the slim folks are going to heaven- you fatties are out of luck.