XOXOXO...AMY...XOXOXO
ALWAYS IN OUR HEARTS
TEN BALL ROMAN CANDLES
OOOOH AND AHHHHH
SO PRETTY...
LIGHTING UP THE DARK SKY
ONE GLORIOUS BALL
AFTER THE OTHER
WE WERE ALWAYS
ALLOWED TO HOLD THEM
NO ONE EVER REPORTED A
PROBLEM NOR DID WE EVER
HAVE ANY PROBLEMS
HOLDING THEM.....NOW
THIS WAS HMMMMM
40 PLUS YEARS AGO
THE FIRECRACKER STAND
WAS CLOSED. THE
FIRECRACKERS THAT
WERE BOUGHT AT DIS-
COUNT WERE PACKED
IN THE BOAT AS WE
PULLED OUT OF
THE DRIVEWAY FOR
OUR 2 WEEK VACATION
AT EAGLE ROCK, MISSOURI.
EVERY YEAR AND EVERY
HOLIDAY, WE CAMPED IN
A TENT AT EAGLE ROCK,
MISSOURI.
(SOME OF THE BEST
BASS FISHING IN THE
WORLD.)
IT WAS TRADITION, THAT
EVERY NIGHT UNTIL WE
RAN OUT OF FIRECRACKERS
WE WOULD SET THEM OFF
AT THE WATERS EDGE AND
GIVE THE WHOLE CAMP-
GROUND A BEAUTIFUL
SHOW. THEY WOULD CLAP
AND OOOOOOOOOOH
AND AHHHHHHHHH
AS THE DARK SKY WAS
A BLAZE WITH COLOR.
TEN BALL ROMAN CANDLES
WE WOULD COUNT THE BALLS
AS THEY SHOT OUT THE END.....
1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10...
ONE...
TWO...
THREE...
FOUR...
FIVE...
I HEARD SOMEONE
SCREAMING, A LOUD BOOM,
AND I COULD NOT HEAR
ANYTHING BUT I THOUGHT
MY HAND WAS GONE.
IT HAD GONE DARK...
THERE WAS CONFUSION...
AND MY MOTHER AND DADDY
CAME RUNNING AND PUT MY
HAND IN THE COOL LAKE.
THE CAMP GROUND GREW
QUIET.
MY HEARING CAME BACK
OVER
THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS
AND I ONLY HAD POWDER
BURNS ON MY HANDS.
FROM THAT DAY ON
MY MOTHER BECAME
AN ADVOCATE FOR
NOT HOLDING ANY
OF THE FIREWORKS.
WHEN THE SEASON
CAME FOR THE FIRE-
CRACKER STAND SHE
TOLD EVERYONE.
TODAY IS THE FOURTH
OF JULY.
WE CELEBRATE
OUR
INDEPENDENCE.
I ALSO CELEBRATE
THAT I AM A
CHRISTIAN.
WE ALL KNOW THAT THIS
COUNTRY'S
INDEPENDENCE WAS OBTAINED
AT A HUGE COST.
I HAVE HEARD FOR YEARS
THAT OUR ETERNAL
SALVATION IS A
FREE GIFT.
THIS IS TRUE BUT JESUS
WILLINGLY PAID A
TREMENDOUS PRICE FOR
OUR SALVATION.....
IT REQUIRES ACTION ON
OUR PART.
WE WILLINGLY HAVE TO
ACCEPT OUR SALVATION
IN FAITH
AND
REPENT OF OUR
SINS AND THEN
LIVE A PLEASING
LIFE TO GOD.
PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE
THAT...
GOSSIPING...(WELL I AM
JUST TELLING YOU THIS...
FOR YOUR OWN GOOD...
SO YOU WILL KNOW HOW
SHE/HE TREATS PEOPLE...
CAN
YOU BELIEVE IT...YOU DON'T
REALLY WANT TO BE FRIENDS
WITH HER)...OR THE
"I HEARD"
OR
"THEY SAID"
OR
"IT IS OKAY TO TELL
ME...I HAVE A FRIEND
JUST LIKE THAT")
AND THE NEXT THING
YOU KNOW...YOU ARE BEING
NASTY TO SOMEONE YOU
REALLY LIKE BUT FALSE
GOSSIP WAS SPREAD......
ISN'T IT SO VERY SAD WHAT
WE DO TO PEOPLE.
WE THINK OF MURDERERS,
THIEVES, AND KILLERS AS
THE WORSE SINNERS BUT
THEN YOU ARE JUDGING
WHAT SINS ARE THE WORSE
AND I WOULD NEVER WANT
TO STAND WHERE GOD
STANDS.
GOSSIP MURDERS PEOPLE...
IT CAUSES THE PERSON
WE ARE STANDING IN
JUDGMENT OF TO LIVE
A LIFE OF ISOLATION,
AS AN OUTCAST...
AND TO NEVER TRUST
ANYONE AGAIN.
TO THOSE OF YOU WHO
ARE HURTING AND FEEL
YOU ARE ALL ALONE,
I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH
TWO THOUGHTS
THIS NEW
INDEPENDENCE DAY:
"WHAT LIES BEHIND US
AND WHAT LIES BEFORE US
ARE TINY MATTERS
COMPARED TO WHAT LIES
WITHIN US."
~RALPH WALDO EMERSON
I CALL ON YOU,
O GOD,
FOR YOU WILL
ANSWER ME;
GIVE EAR TO ME
AND HEAR MY
PRAYER.
~PSALM 17:6
THE CHILD OF GOD HAS
ONLY ONE DREAD---TO
OFFEND HIS FATHER;
ONLY ONE DESIRE---TO
PLEASE AND DELIGHT
IN HIM.
~CHARLES BRIDGES
TAKE HEART DEAR FRIEND.
YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
JESUS IS THERE WHEN
THOSE TEN BALL
ROMAN CANDLES BLOW UP.
JESUS LOVES YOU
AND SO DO I. YOU ARE
IN MY PRAYERS.
HUGS
SIMPLY DEBBIE
8 comments:
Hello Debbie, Wow! What a story - so glad you weren't seriously hurt. I appreciate you sharing your faith! It means a lot to me and I hope you reach a needing heart! I too have many family members waiting for me in Heaven - they just make it all the more sweeter.
I hope you have a terrific Fourth of July! God Bless America!
I am hosting a new blog party, Victoria - A Return to Loveliness,
I hope you stop by,
God Bless,
Kathy
Happy Pink Saturday!
Have a Glorious Fourth of July, Debbie.
Keep the FireCrackers out of reach and the Messages of this Post close to your Heart!
Thanks for visiting on this July 4th!
What a beautiful post dear Debbie. You did not go to church, you say, but you sure did witness to the Lord today. Yes my son is a real chef, but he does not work at it. He went to Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y. I wish some day he would come back here and open a restaurant. Thanks for stopping by.
QMM
Yes I know I am to late , wish you a happy 4th of July .
And a little bit of pink for this day !
love ♥RINI♥
I hope you had a lovely fourth of July! And that you are having a nice and happy Summer.
Nice post, Debbie!You brought tears to my eyes with your precious message.
I like your memories, too. Things are sure different today. In Colorado, it's legal to sell firecrackers, etc but illegal for the buyer to light them if they leave the ground. This was loosely enforced tonight because it poured buckets.
Blessings~Cindy
Hi Debbie!
So nice to meet you!
I hope you had a happy and safe 4th! Thanks so much for the beautiful comment you left on my blog.
A great book to get if you're interested in crazy quilting is "The Crazy Quilt Handbook" the revised 2nd edition, by Judith Baker Montano.
You asked about the name on my banner...I really like beads, so when it came to picking out a name, but husband came up with Beedeebabee. It's beady baby, just spelled funny!
I'm very sorry about your beautiful Amy, Sweetie. That's so heartbreaking. xo
Paulette
Hey Debbie,,,I missed you and saw your name at smiling sally's just now so here I am... How is everything ??? I do pray it is smoother for you now and hope to hear from you too. Your post is awesome as always Sweetie and its soooo good to know your still here after the last we visited you were on your way to the doctors, wasn't it. That was in an email from you a few months back. Anyhoo's Just thinking of you...
Blessings and Hugs Dena
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