We visited the town of Spanish Fort yesterday. While there, I realized we were near a big musical instrument store a friend had recommended, so Rachel and I decided to stop in.
We pulled up and there were no cars in the lot.
On the door there was a sign that proclaimed in all caps:
MASKS REQUIRED FOR ENTRY
I got out and looked inside. The store was empty. Abandoned.
Just bare shelves, everything stripped bare to the walls.
Meanwhile, a vintage recording of Let it Snow featuring a long-dead duet of a peppy female and a smooth crooner was being piped through the lot on speakers.
They sang from the dead past as I stood peering into the present gloom of an empty store.
Things just aren’t right anymore.
Fortunately, have a DNA-editing vaccine coming soon so everything will be okay. And YouTube says no one can mention election fraud or their videos will be deleted, which will certainly help keep our democracy secure. And if we can just avoid celebrating Christmas and lock ourselves indoors alone with our masks on, we’ll be safe.
And who cares about busted supply lines and failing businesses? The stock market is soaring!
I have a bad feeling about 2021.
The Lord is my light and my salvation;
Whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the strength of my life;
Of whom shall I be afraid?
When the wicked came against me
To eat up my flesh,
My enemies and foes,
They stumbled and fell.
Though an army may encamp against me,
My heart shall not fear;
Though war may rise against me,
In this I will be confident.
One thing I have desired of the Lord,
That will I seek:
That I may dwell in the house of the Lord
All the days of my life,
To behold the beauty of the Lord,
And to inquire in His temple.
For in the time of trouble
He shall hide me in His pavilion;
In the secret place of His tabernacle
He shall hide me;
He shall set me high upon a rock.
And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me;
Therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle;
I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord.
Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice!
Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
When You said, “Seek My face,”
My heart said to You, “Your face, Lord, I will seek.”
Do not hide Your face from me;
Do not turn Your servant away in anger;
You have been my help;
Do not leave me nor forsake me,
O God of my salvation.
When my father and my mother forsake me,
Then the Lord will take care of me.
Teach me Your way, O Lord,
And lead me in a smooth path, because of my enemies.
Do not deliver me to the will of my adversaries;
For false witnesses have risen against me,
And such as breathe out violence.
I would have lost heart, unless I had believed
That I would see the goodness of the Lord
In the land of the living.
Wait on the Lord;
Be of good courage,
And He shall strengthen your heart;
Wait, I say, on the Lord!
-Psalm 27, NKJV
You can have greener thumbs by this weekend!
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It’s looking ugly, for sure. The dragons are duking it out. But sometimes when things look really bad, a small spring becomes a mighty river, and the lowly are exalted ;) In the end, God is glorified.
Seems like a good time for prayer and fasting.
I agree.
I’m not optimistic that it will be easy, but I am optimistic that God wins. He always wins.
This is a good time for everyone to start singing the Psalms. Whether Christian, Jew, or other, the Psalms composed by David have brought blessings on those who sang them daily. During their most vigorous times of expansion, the various Churches had a practice of singing the Psalms. King David drove away evil spirits with them, and they are still effective.
I don’t think of myself as a rabble rouser but I felt compelled to leave a comment and say: this post got a little too political for me. I stand with science and data, and I respect that others may believe differently but please tread carefully and know that some of your tribe is here just for the plants.
It is what it is.
Amen, David
It’s his blog, not yours. Odd that you assert that you “stand behind science and data” then go on to proffer this nonsense : “most people come here for the plants”. Really? You checked with all his readers, and this is what you found? Typical leftist. You’re sheep looking for some government edict to follow. I for one am glad David stands up for freedom. Your side and it’s nonsense subscription to masks and lockdowns have killed more people than the virus that has you so scared.
Excellent. Thank you, Cole.
Music stores were closing left and right before COVID. You can thank Amazon for that. I came here hoping to buy a book on gardening but have changed my mind. God bless
No you didn’t. Good bye.
You came here to virtue-signal. You and hotplants are an embarrassment.
I agree with above, I just want to read about plants, not you disparaging our country. I love America.
Hi Wendi,
I love America as well, but all is not well. Seeing the problems should encourage us to prepare for tough times.
Wendi,
What’s wrong with you? His post was NOT disparaging as watching the world around us fall to pieces… I appreciate he has an intelligent mind and is passionate enough to speak about what’s on his mind. Y husband served 25 years… we moved our family 14xs around the world and to the neglect of our children in 18yrs of marriage for him and YOU to think and speak for yourself…. no LEAVE him alone and let the man think and speak as he wishes on his own website that he created for you to visit as you desire…. no need for you to shut his ass down… he’s got enough to worry about than people visiting HIM … with criticism
Thank you, Kelli.
David and family–Welcome back!
You were in Grenada? We honeymooned on Mayreau- you were way the heck out there!
I thought you moved to Colombia…no wonder my friend David (the deerslayer) had never heard of you there!
Indeed there is something amiss here and abroad, a sort of quickening.
Your quote from Psalms is befitting here also,
“Be of good courage,
And He shall strengthen your heart;
Wait, I say, on the Lord!”
Peace and all good,
JMJ
Thank you, Jean. I know the good guys win in the end, and that definitely brings peace.
I love your initials!
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