I LEARNED SOMETHING NEW TODAY

Can we deviate from devotions to humor for today?

You see, it's almost bedtime, and we haven't been home too long -- been at a birthday party for a couple of friends and had a scrumptious dessert! No, we had TWO scrumptious desserts! Of course, I had to try both of them. I know I'm diabetic. But my blood sugar was clear down to 76. 70 - 130 is in a normal range the professionals tell me. So I used that as an excuse! With blood sugar that low, I needed to get food into me but fast!

Then when we got home, an email pal salved my conscience further when she sent me a humorous dialogue about the joys of old age. The last line really made me feel good about my decision to have two desserts. (Those desserts, of course, were on top of two pieces of mouth-watering fried chicken, mashed potatoes with gravy to die for, Japanese fried rice, a broccoli/cauliflower casserole, and a fruit salad. (At least, I had my vegetables even if they were smothered with cheese and mushroom soup!)

The last sentence in my friend's email? Let me quote the entire last paragraph. "I like being old. It has set me free. I like the person I have become. I am not going to live forever, but while I am still here, I will not waste time lamenting what could have been, or worrying about about what will be. AND I SHALL EAT DESSERT EVERY SINGLE DAY (IF I FEEL LIKE IT)."

Oh, yes -- I was going to tell you about something new I learned today! In our Sunday School lessons recently, we have been studying the book of Daniel. Remember the story of the feast of Belshazer and how, in the middle of the banquet a hand mysteriously appeared and wrote on the wall these words: Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin? (Think I've spelled them OK. I don't have my glasses on and can't see to look them up!) Anyhow, that was a message to Belshazzer telling him that he had been weighed in the balances and found wanting.

So what did I learn? The teacher pretended to write those four words on the Sunday School wall and remarked, "I've heard it said that the meaning of those words is 'Money, Money, Tickles the Parson!'"

I can hear you groaning now. OK. OK. I'm off to bed! ("Best place for you," I hear someone saying!)

Preacher's Kid