A fellow took his girlfreind to her first football game. Her thoughts: "It was great but there is one thing I don't understand. At the begginning of the game both teams flipped a quarter to see who would kick off first. Then the rest of the game everybody was yelling get the quarter back, get the quarter back, get the quarter back. So I thought to myself, wow it's just a quarter!"

Yes. I did enjoy the cooler morning we had yesterday. I'll take 48 ºF degrees for a start any day of the week, especially around these parts. It is Tuesday, October 8, 2013, and I do bid you welcome to today's episode. One of the funny things to do is to get on Facebook the day after the Texans football game and read the running dialogue as people expressed themselves during the game. Since ladies tend to be more actively vocal on Facebook, well, you get some pretty humorous takes on what is happening on the field of play. They may not be very precise in how they analyze what exactly is going on, but they don't mind letting you know what they think about the team. Right now the Texans are really struggling with quarterback play. Many of these are moms who dearly love people and they have devoted their lives to saying positive things in building up the self esteem of others. Well, I can tell you in the heat of the battle they have no pity whatsoever for the millionaire passer who seemingly can't hit the side of a barn, (unless it's wearing the other team's logo), and their unrestrained comments prove it. Like I say, their way of expressing themselves can be very entertaining. With the team stinking up the joint, reading their dialogue gives me something to look forward to.

We had ourselves a wonderful time celebrating our Chris' birthday on Saturday evening. My wife went old style on us by preparing a feast fit to be nominated for the hall of fame. She prepared her famous fried chicken along with nearly ten pounds of mashed potatoes with gravy, field peas, fried okra, sliced fresh tomatoes, along with a choice of homemade cornbread or yeast rolls. My blood measurement meter was going off like a Geiger counter in my briefcase. You would have thought it had detected uranium or something. Noisy booger. (Joking only.) They finished off the affair with birthday cake but I refrained at that point figuring I had done enough damage for one meal. Our little great grand, Madi, was able to be there and she is one special little girl. Cute as she can be and she also demonstrates a very quick mind for a child just three months away from her 4th birthday. It was a great time of feasting and fellowship.

I do appreciate all of those who stop by the ole blogger ranch for a visit each day, and also to those who were looking for something most likely really important but they accidentally landed on my mutterings and musings. After all, if God can speak to a hireling prophet through a donkey, He can use the hen scratch of a fellow like myself in sharing His provision through Christ to meet the greatest need that every person comes into the world needing. That being the need to know God and to become His very own child by accepting Jesus as the One who paid the sin debt of the world on the Cross. (You can read about the donkey in Numbers Chapter 22, and about the offer of salvation from God in the Gospel of John, Chapter 3, Verse 16) Accidentally? Who knows? It could be a turning point that impacts a person's destiny for time and eternity. Now that is a powerful thought. Have a good rest of the day and may God bless each one is my prayer. Amen.   ...More later.