I took the coffee pot back to the stove, picked up my chair, brought it back and sat down. Thought things over a minute.”
–J.V. James (Old)
That’s what I’ve been doin’ Pard, sittin’ and contemplatin’. Thinkin’ of the foolishness and the stupidity of those out there protestin’ and riotin’. Most are paid, most are socialist in nature, most favor anarchy, most are shiftless bums wanting to complain, magnify the flaws of the country. They riot but do nothin’ to help the country. They murmur, but they are not grateful for all this country does and stands for.
Take a sip, ignore my agitation. Guess that’s what Moses saw when the people complained about the bounty that God had waitin’ for them, but didn’t want to take to task the burden of facin’ the “giants.”
Pard, I was contemplatin’ the 4th of July and the freedoms that we have in this country. Then my mind went to the word, “redeem”. According to Vine, and I’m gettin’ a little scholarly on yuh, the term means “to buy out, especially of purchasing a slave with a view to his freedom.” We have been redeemed of all iniquity. Think of it Pard, redeemed means to free men from lawlessness, the bondage of self-will which rejects the will of God. But we must know that redemption, true redemption only comes through Christ. And one day, Pard, when we get to glory, we will have complete redemption. No more frustrations over the fools about us.
That’s what I’ve been ponderin’, that and sittin’ down to enjoy our time together and the coffee; of course, the coffee. I’ve been ponderin’ that most of us do not understand nor fully realize how good we have it in America. I’ve been ponderin’ the redemption of God that is offered to all, an’ then why, oh why, don’t the fools out there realize that it is there for them. Guess that’s why they’re called “fools.”
I was sittin’ there, drinkin’ my coffee, and the words of that wonderful hymn came up on the music I was playin’. Ponder them, and try to get a glimpse of what the Lord has done for us.
“Mercy there was great, and grace was free;
Pardon there was multiplied to me;
There my burdened soul found liberty,
At Calvary.”
Ol’ William Newell was on to somethin’. Liberty comes only through the redemption provided by Christ on the cross at Calvary. Whew! What a thought!
Well, Pard, time to be a-leavin’. I’m glad to see yuh still have all yur fingers; yuh mustn’t’ve not shot off any firecrackers. Yur gettin’ smart in yur old age, why I saw that when yuh mounted yuh even checked yur cinch.
Vaya con Dios.