I went to a concert at the Baptist Church a couple of Wednesdays ago. The music was wonderful, but the message was even more great! They were encouraging kids to sign up for summer camps. Of course they mentioned Lake Bronson and that is where I used to go. The whole evening brought me back to my childhood. Seeing pictures of children and their antics at the camp. I remember one time we pulled a prank on the pastor. Every morning he would go and ring the bell to wake everyone for prayer. Well one of our chaperons said we should put our socks on the bell, so when he rang it there would be no sound. We were all up and waiting and sure enough there was no sound. We laughed so hard! He had to climb up the bell and take the socks off. We had to finally admit who had done and I am sure we got in trouble, but I don’t remember the punishment – I just remember that pastor hanging from the bell tower trying to pull off all of those multi-colored socks! What a riot!
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Rules
I erupted in a huge argument yesterday at work over rules. One of the guys I work with says he gives up on all this crap. People should be able to do what ever they want.
The thing that really set me off was when he said that it’s not that big of a deal that Miss California posed for less than tasteful photos when she was younger. He said who cares! It was on her own time, before she was famous. And furthermore he said we as a society just need to get used to the fact that #1 sports figures are going to use drugs and #2 beautiful women are going to pose for pictures. WHAT!
Are you kidding me! We have to embrace that and except it as the “norm” now? I don’t think so!
Then he went on to say look at this teenage boy who went to prom with his girlfriend and got into trouble. He shouldn’t be in trouble either. This is where I got ugly. I think I even slammed my hand on the table.
My comment with blazing eyes and heart pounding out of my chest came as a shout. What happened to following the rules? Why can’t anyone just follow the rules anymore? It’s in the rules that sports figures do not do drugs. It’s in the rules that Miss America not take her clothes off for a camera. It was in the rules of that teenagers school not to dance, hold hands or listen to rock and roll music. He likely broke three rules not just one. And his step father says we will be taking this to court! That is ridiculous! What are we teaching our kids? If we don’t like the rules just break them and then we will take it to court and show how wrong they were and right we were. If the people do not agree with the rules of the school then why are they letting their kids go there in the first place?
Give me a break people! We need to start evaluating our morals and inner workings. Things are getting out of hand in a rapid pace and I don’t like where it is going.
My friend Kathy
I have a friend who’s name is Kathy. She is more of a spiritual guardian of sorts. She was my son’s Sunday school teacher last year and that is when we started to become close. Now I look forward to seeing her each time she graces me with her presence. She is a writer too. She is a great writer! She writes a bible study for our group called Pearls of Faith. It is really fantastic! I am glad to know her and call her my friend.
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