unruly evil tongue

I am working on chapter three of  James.  This is the chapter that kept me from studying James for so many years.  He calls the tongue an unruly evil member of our body that boast of many things and can set in motion a fire that can  burn down an entire forest. A fire that comes straight from hell.  That is enough to make this world class talker want to hush forever. I  tried to write this chapter from memory.  I still need to work on this difficult chapter to memorize, but even more trouble to live.  

cooking on the road

On day 3 we stayed in an extended stay hotel with a full kitchen for 8,000 points.  Even though,  I am the queen of microwave cooking, I used this as an opportunity to cook.  We fixed three casseroles and put them in plastic containers to heat and  eat  on the road.   We love to travel.  This business pays for all of our traveling especially when we a thrifty.  Also, what we cook is usually healthier than what you eat in restaurant.

We went to Walmart for a cooked chicken.  We ate on that chicken for 3 or 4 meals with other foods that I could cook in the microwave.

On day 9 we found a Farmers' Market and stayed at another Hotel with a kitchen.  Mark grilled up some meat and I cooked some veggies. We have now been on the road 11 days and have eaten in  2 restaurants. The first was  on our anniversary and the other  was when Mark was craving fish.  We have had several picnics for lunch with  hikes around parks,  rivers, or lakes. We have hiked at least once every day, some times more.  We also swim  when our hotel has a indoor pool.  Having a great time and trying to stay healthy.

pheasant hunting

This not what it sounds like.  Mark and I want to see a pheasant before we leave this area.  This morning we walked a couple of miles through a plowed up hay field and we could hear the pheasant calling out to each other.  However, we did not see one.   Maybe today.

In a Nebraska barn

People ask us where we by stuff.  So far this trip we have bought stuff in Georgia, Tennessee, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, and Nebraska.  We have been in Antique  stores, yard sales, thrift stores, mom and pop stores. warehouses, and barns.

Today we spent 2 hours in a barn in Nebraska with  Merlin.  We bought a lot of stuff and I got a history lesson with each item.  I asked him if he was going to charge me extra for the history lesson.

Today we bought a hog scrapper, and a hog slapper, leather tools, hay bale hooks and meat hooks. We found several tobacco tins and oil cans and a tire repair kit.  We also got three "curry"  combs  to brush horses with and three boxes of square nails and three levelers.  We have a fence stretcher, never seen one before,  but now I have one.  We have, zinc and milk glass lids, glass lids and regular and wide mouth lids.  If any one needs lids, we have them.  We have eight sad irons from different decades with explanation as to which ones came first and even two children sad irons. We have two sets of corn huskers that wrap around your hand and help you husk corn in one swipe in the field.  Merlin's Daddy use to pick and shuck fifty bushels a day for 10 cent a bushel. We have two cream cans tied to the top of the vehicle.  Gray enamel pans, toy tractors, a rug beater, two silver baby cups, a complete campers set, five gunny sacks, a coal stoker, WW11 leggings and a feed store sign from a local store are all priced and ready to sell.

We are in trouble.  The suburban is filling up fast and we still have South and North Dakota, Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin, before we get back to Kentucky to set up for the world's longest yard sale. 

Still trying

I am still working on memorizing the book of James.  I wrote all of chapter 2 yesterday and did okay.  Missed a couple of phrase and need to review them.

I finally figured out why I am enjoying this project so much.  I have memorized scripture for years, especially during my bible drill years. But, I have always had problems with references because I am so bad with numbers. Now I just say the chapter with out having to knowing what  verse I am in.  The bonus to this,  is how smoothly the verses and even the chapters read. Let me write the last verse chapter one with the first verse of chapter 2.

Pure religion and undefiled before God is this, to visit the orphans and widows in their affliction and to keep ourself unstained from the world.  My brethen, do not combine faith in Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory with partiality (prejudice).

I am really enjoying reading and memorizing  with out worrying about chapter and verse.  It kind of feels like I am reading  a good book or telling a good story.  After all, this is the greatest book  ever written by the best Author.

I'm an antique

We were in a small town store when a lady came with tomatoes.  We spoke and she sat in a chair was talking  to the store owner.  When she heard we were antique dealers, she ask Mark if he liked antiques.  When Mark told her yes, she said, "I'm an antique,   I'm  90 years old".

 I sat down and talked to her while Mark paid our bill.  She  told me that she has worked since she was 12 years old  and does not plan to stop,  When  people tell her to stop working, she tells them that if they do not want to see her working,  to turn around or close their eyes.

 The tomatoes that she brought to share were from her garden. She told me that her landlord did not want her to have a garden, so she "spaded" just a little bit for her garden.  She wanted to hoes up the whole east side of the yard.  She said that she did not know what she would do without her garden.  The last thing that she told me was that if she died while working in her garden, she would die a happy women.

I could not help but think of my mother-in-law.  She was a hard working women who loved her garden.  I believe if she had lived to be 90, she would have said the same thing.

Back to James

I am using the Beth Moore study guide book to check on  my progress on my project of trying to memorize the book of James.  It is really hard to see how you are doing when you  are trying to memorize.  So, this is what I am doing.  If  you have this study guide, turn to page 43. You will see that  she starts many days  by telling you to write a few verses in the back of the book. We did that during the study.  SO, I am writing the verses in the margin of that page and then checking it from the back of the book.   I find that I miss a word or two and some of the  phrase a little off,  but mean the same thing.  When I find those,  I correct them, but I do not feel bad because I am getting closer.  Then I review that days work. I finished chapter one and then took out a note book and tried to write the whole chapter with out looking.  I did pretty good until I got to the 25th verse.  The words of this verse do not flow for me.  I need to work on it more .   This probably does not make sense unless you have done this study. If you have done this study,  maybe these hints will help.