Good Saturday morning! Time for a couple of garage sales this morning, both have promised books for sale. Some interesting tidbits in the news today. An overly clean house may up the risk of bowel disease. Okay, just looking around the office here shows that I should be safe from that risk. A sports star was asked what happiness was and responded with "ice cream". I thought that was a very good analogy for happiness. Ice cream is good, but it satisfies only briefly before you want more. When the heat is turned up, ice cream melts and runs away. Ice cream only endures under stringent conditions (cold), and is not very nutritious. The sugar in ice cream makes you feel good, but again only briefly. Also too much of it can be bad for you. Contrast all that with the joy that Christ Jesus gives to us! Joy is present through good times and bad, it endures through all manner of terrible or benign conditions, and it is not dependent upon circumstances. Joy can easily be shared without dividing what you have, unlike ice cream which if shared will leave you with less than you started with. Happiness in this world, like ice cream, will come and go with your circumstance. Joy endures until we see Jesus, when our joy will be made complete. Enjoy the day!
God bless you on this fine, hot Saturday!
Bucky
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