Now Phil, where was your mind Monday?? Same place as mine? SNICKER SNORT!


LOVE IN CHRIST,
Reeva Parry.


On Monday 4/30/2007 10:46 AM, Phil Scovell said:

>Kathy,
>
>Your comments reminded me of something my mom told me once.  She and my step
>dad used to go on these Christian cruises.  I think it was the first one she
>went one this happened.  You know, these were the cruises that big named
>preachers or ministries would sponsor so the whole ship would have 800 to a
>thousands Christians on board.  Anyhow, she came home after this first one
>in the Caribbean and since I have never been on one, I asked her all about
>and how the preaching services went and work shops and worship services and
>all that sort of thing.  She spoke favoribly about everything.  Mom was in
>her mid seventies by this time.  She grew up as a Mennonite, my dictionary
>with definitions claims that's how you spell it but it doesn't pronounce it
>properly, but that's what she grew up as in Kansas as a farm girl and 11
>kids in the family.  Anyhow, my mom said, "There is one thing that really
>bothered me on the cruise."  I thought, Oh, brother.  Somebody probably
>taught something unscriptural or some heresey or something, being the
>Baptist that I am.  I said, "What was that, mom."  She said, lowering her
>voice to nearly a whisper, "Well, so many of the women wore shorts on board
>the ship."  Of course, even my own heritage, we didn't believe in such a
>thing.  I don't think Sandy wears then even now.  I do, when it is 100
>dgrees but they are so long, it hardly helps.  If she did wear them, I
>wouldn't mind because it gwould give me something to touch but I digress.
>Mom didn't say that they wore shorts during the services and I would imagine
>most people dressed up for such services but it was funny to hear how
>worried mom was about women wearing shorts.  Actually, I sort of miss people
>dressing up and looking nice for church back in the days I could see and
>especially on Easter, or resurrection Sunday, when people really went all
>out and flowers were every place in the church.  I can even tie my own tie
>and not many men can even do that these days.  I had to teach my boys how to
>do it and even then, 9 times out of ten, they still brought their ties to me
>to tie for them.  An Easter a year ago, vicki came to church here and I
>believe John said she had a new outfit.  But, he said, many of you can't see
>it.  I said, under my breath, so Vickit couldn't hear, I would like to feel
>of it to see howit looked but I would probably get in trouble.  Todd and
>Lelia were hear and Todd heard me and he laughed but no one else heard me,
>if they did, like when I teach or preach, they just ignore me.  I do enjoy
>looking at why my wife wears such things but for more reason than one.
>
>Phil.