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Alternatively referred to as “ The Run for the Roses” and “The most exciting two minutes in sports”, the Kentucky Derby draws an average of 150,000 visitors each year, including residents, out-of-towners, celebrities, presidents and even members of royal families. 

I’ve admitted before that I like to read, and recently my reading has included some health-related information. The following information is unrelated and is in random order.

One Sunday night at our church small group, my friend, Brenda, said she had always wanted a pig farm but could never convince her husband, Bill, that it was a good idea.
“Why a pig farm?” I asked.
    “I’ve always loved the idea of seeing a mama pig with her little babies,” she said.
    “She never lived on a farm,” Bill said, with a knowing look.
    “We raised a garden,” Brenda protested.

Last week, we studied about baptism and saw things that baptism does in the lives of people. Since we studied about what baptism does last week, let us take a moment to understand that there are some things that baptism does not do. What are some things baptism does not do?

You know how they always say that bad news always happens in three’s? First of all, who is this “they” I keep hearing about? I have no idea.  Last week, Prince unexpectedly died.  Michael Strahan announced he was leaving Live for GMA.  Not death, you say? Technically, not of a person.  It is, however, a death of a partnership.  A pretty bitter death at that, if you’ve been keeping up with the whole ordeal. 

Last month, the Todd County Standard had an article about container gardening. Although I have a raised bed in my yard filled with strawberry plants, I know little about growing vegetables and herbs in containers. But, I am interested.

Some things that come to mind now that I’m looking at 83 years:
    We tend not to see things as they are; we see things as we are.

I HATE EVERYBODY AND YOU’RE NEXT.  That statement was stamped on the hat of my new neighbor, as he stood in his front yard next door.  This was several years ago.  I had walked over from my garden, which adjoined his property, to take him some tomatoes.  When I read it, I laughed.  He grinned.  I knew at once we would get along just fine.  Statements like that one have always made me laugh.  It isn’t just the boldness of the words, it’s the boldness of putting the words out there for everyone to see.

Baptism is a subject that deserves our study since it is discussed often in the New Testament. What does baptism do for man? What purpose does it serve?

As I’m writing this, I’m watching the Dan Patrick Show.  In one particular segment, they’re discussing over-sharing on social media.  Chief offenders in the sports world that they discussed on the show are Tom Brady and JJ Watt.  The more popular you are, the more people share about you and you share on social media.  Russell Wilson, for instance, was teetering on doing the same thing.  He’s engaged to singer Ciara and, let’s be honest, he wants to show her off.