Life! In Grandfather's KitchenWritten by Kathryn E. Ryan
Life! In Grandfather's Kitchen By Kathryn Ryan Every morning when I sniff coffee grains, memories of my grandfather in kitchen flood my mind. He was what I refer to as a coffee connoisseur. Every morning at 6:00 a.m. percolator was on front burner. He was loyal to his daily routine which, besides his coffee, included a hearty breakfast, a couple of chapters from his favorite western, and a few Bible verses. Morning was his most cherished time of day, when kitchen was his and his alone. Engraved in my memory is an effigy of him, like something out of a Norman Rockwel painting. A warm glow emanates throughout kitchen as its window greets east. Wild birds cast fleeting shadows upon floor and their chatter comes and goes. How utterly delighted they sound in adoration of sun as though it's given them sanction to live another day. Steam exhales from percolator each time liquid caffeine explodes into glass knob. Comparable to a steam engine fighting up and incline, it mechanically works its aroma into air. Like a snake, bacon hisses from frying pan as grease gives an unanticipated snap now and then. In an even smaller pan on back burner, two bulging yokes, lightly sprinkled with pepper stare up at ceiling. In midst of all this, spry elderly gentleman projects his habitual little chants, "Yupp...coffee's ready." and "Yupp...bacon and eggs too." As he manages about room, friendly little creaks from floor answer in response. With a jack-in-the-box greeting, toast springs from its slots. "Oh...gotta get it while it's hot." He scurries across room to butter his toast.
| | False ProphetsWritten by Joyce C. Lock
Being warned of false prophets, little is taught about what a false prophet is. The Bible does not support prophets competing to unveil scripture in hopes of reward. The last time I checked, prophets heard directly from God; whether by dreams, visions, or God's voice; leaving no guess work in their message. A professed prophet said, "I believe white horse could be a flying saucer." God says white horse's rider is called Faithful and True (Re. 19:11). Do you really think he would be driving a flying saucer? The black horse must mean something really evil, right? Scripture says horses represent four spirits of heavens (Ze. 6:5). A heifer can answer riddle. Can an animal do that? What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle. Judges 14:18 Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions. 2 Samuel 1:23 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! Psalm 119:103 One announced, "We have finally figured it out! The twinkling of an eye is 15,000 millimeters of a second." Did that make your eye twinkle? It didn't mine either.
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