Note: Because I cannot obtain copyright permission to use these lyrics, I could not publish this, I think my best short story. It is a tribute to Steven Sondheim and Paul Simon.

MIND MISCHIEF

Lifeless life at Ringling Bros Rest Home.

Too little mayonnaise, never a lick of Sriracha. Boring as lumpy, gooey oatmeal.

Beige walls. Beige blanket, Beige life. Even the bed curtains, one around me and one circling Henry—mind-numbing beige.

I whisper. There ought to be clowns. (Steven…..

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Day 8

I confess I am closer to God’s guidance sometimes rather than others. One of my sinful nature traits is to try to handle things on my own. I tell myself, mistakenly, that I can face life’s challenges on my own. After all, I learned it early. Isn’t every parent’s task to raise independent, self-sufficient children, capable and equipped to accomplish great things? From applause for first steps to brag centers at graduation parties, we rightly or wrongly preach…..

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As you prepare to worship this weekend, either livestream or in person, approach God with an air of expectancy.

Whatever the D’s today: despair, detachment, death, disappointment, dread, depression, or dependency, God can break through those barriers to bring joy, peace, freedom, excitement, and expectancy that He can handle any problem, correct any wrong, deliver us from grudges and self-centered hurts, and provide hope.

Psalm 84: 10-12 says: “A single day in Your courts i better than a thousand anywhere…..

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Sorry I haven’t posted lately. Too much going on right now, but I must comment on yesterday’s election. While we don’t know New Jersey’s final outcome, Virginia’s is clearly a win for common sense and a rejection of WOKE and CRT and hopefully the huge inflationary expense of Biden’s social infrastructuing of our country. Yes, we’ll build roads, but we will NOT allow cradle to grave federal government takeover of everyone’s lives. At least, that’s what I think these elections…..

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