While living in Sam's Valley many years ago, we had new carpet laid in the living room; music room and the dining room which was all open to each other. Great for entertaining as they say on HGTV. The carpet was a high low, variegated light browns, tans and was very nice. In our bedroom we had a high low variegated green. We loved having parties especially around the holidays. As usual we hosted a Christmas Eve gathering for the family which as usual, was a large number.
Jim always made the punch, his own recipe and this Christmas was no different. Red punch was usually his choice at this time of the year and so red punch it was. In cleaning up afterwards we found a punch spill in the middle of our open concept for entertaining. It jumped out at us and immediately was a problem which of course caused me to become very unhappy. I tried all of the products that would take out carpet stains. I called everyone I knew and tried their suggestions.
I finally contacted a home extension person and they suggested a number for me to call and to try a scientific product that consisted of several ingredients; that in combination would eradicate the red stain perfectly, even though it is the hardest color to remove. I don't know if because of all that I had already dumped on the stain, or because this scientific miracle was just another hoax, the stain remained. I covered it over with a rug as a temporary measure and later on had a plug (of new carpet) inserted. Jim never served red punch again! Years later and even today we have had green carpet in our living area and when serving punch, it is green.
Today when you don't want to plant grass and wait for it to grow you can put in sod which is grass already sprouted and green. Cost a little more but over night you have green grass and can even walk on it. We have so many things we can use to cover up flaws especially in makeups. You can cover up freckels (to some extent), wrinkles, acne and even scars. Our world makes millions on coverups and I know that many fall into the trap of looking younger by even using body pads that bring on the curves giving us more shapely figures.
If you want to look younger and have the big bucks, you go for it and still it is just a cover up, because you are perhaps looking younger but in reality you are still the age you were before the cover up. Come on now; face the facts! Looking older comes with age for most of us. Only the few have soft, supple skin at the grand age of 90 but the majority end up looking and feeling their age. We should not fear the aging of the body; we should not fear growing old.
"And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul." Matthew 10:28a Let us not pretend to be something we are not, nor should we wear masks disguising who we really are because God sees through these coverups. Jesus goes onto say; "But rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell!" Matthew 10:28b
"He who walks in integrity walks securely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out. He who winks the eye causes trouble, but he who boldly reproves makes peace. The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life; but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence." Proverbs 10:9-11
Walking free of lies helps us to walk tall and being free of all encumbrances is walking in truth!
As a child I experienced telling lies; tattle telling and stories. All children do! To say that your children never lie is making yourself out to be a liar. However, somewhere along the way you find that your children have integrity. You can trust them; and you believe them. They outgrow the lies, tattle telling stories, just as you did. I am a positive thinker! I want to believe and trust in those I love and unless proved otherwise I believe and trust them.
"Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed but rightly dividing the word of truth!" 1 Timothy 2:15 If we desire the will of God in our lives, we must regularly and diligently study God's word and understand its proper meaning. When we do this the applications become a part of ourselves. We no longer walk in the shadows of God's word but walk out in the sunlight to be seen by all that we meet. Let our lights so shine that those we meet will want what we have and not just a copy of what they think they see in us. By Jane Ann Crenshaw 6/9/10
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In Newport we had an older lady who was almost deaf and blind. Her makeup was a riot. She dressed up like for a fashion show, though of course her clothes were all out of date. Her make up would have come close to Tammy Faye Bakers. The foundation was very thick and very obvious. The rest was almost clown-like. But she didn't know and we didn't tell her. She was doing her best to look "presentable" to come to worship God. We all loved her and Vernon quite often got makeup stains on his suits.
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