Kathy, lol. Yes, it does, but I don't require much salt. lol. Now, I'll be mixing up frozen margarita's at 5 PM tonight. <grin> lol. I'm very glad that I don't require a glass of wine every night. It's nice to enjoy it, but I don't have to have it. Lovings, Pat Ferguson At 09:12 AM 12/3/2005, you wrote: >Pat, >Doesn't a good Margarita need salt around the rim of the glass? The >salt may not be a good idea: blood pressure you know! GRIN! >Kathy > > > > > > >At 08:19 AM 12/3/2005, you wrote: > >Okay, Brad! You managed to make me laugh. lol. > > > >I do agree with you completely. > > > >Now, I forgot what I was going to write. lol. I hate that. lol. I guess > >when I think of it, I'll write again. <grin> > > > >Okay, let's those of us who like a glass of wine or margarita meet tonight > >at 5 PM here at our place, lol. I love Margarita's! lol. > > > >Love and Blessings, > >Pat Ferguson > > > >At 09:47 PM 12/2/2005, you wrote: > > >My wife goes to a women's Bible study once a week. One week one of the > > >ladies brought a bottle of wine to share after the study. Recently we > > >were talking and got on this particular topic and occurrence and began > > >to talk. We both initially agreed, there is nothing wrong with having a > > >glass of wine or margarita or whatever now and again, as long as the wine > > >or margarita doesn't have you. We saw nothing wrong with such between > > >spouses over dinner, as she and I do occasionally. Then we thought of > it in > > >a Bible study setting or even before or after. My initial reaction was > "no" > > >that didn't seem proper. But before I got the word "no" completely > out of > > >my mouth I was convicted. If it is not OK in or around a Bible study, > then > > >why is it OK over dinner? Why is there two sets of rules to fit our > life? I > > >then figured indeed there would be nothing wrong with wine or whatever > in a > > >Bible study setting either as there are no rules against wine, in fact > > >didn't Jesus show his first miracle by making water into wine? And did not > > >wine show up all over the Bible? It does say however not to be drunk and > > >lose your sharpness of thought. So I concluded that in either case wine > > >would be OK. However, as pointed out here, perhaps others may have a > > >problem with alcohol and it is not appropriate to put this before them as > > >if to cause a brother, or in this case, a sister to stumble. Also > mentioned > > >here and I'm sure it was the first thing that entered in most of your > minds > > >was... "what would other Christians think"? Why is that anyway? Even > we, as > > >Christians, just like Phil's folks he knows who have slipped a bit and do > > >not want to come to services, we, as Christians ourselves become > subject to > > >the "high and mighty" attitudes, that we shy from living out or even > > >stating our own beliefs in fear we will be outcasts or seen as less a > child > > >of God because of it, or become a "world premiere" of the rumor mill. How > > >would you feel if you were eating supper and you and your spouse shared a > > >glass of wine, and the door bell rings, and it is your pastor. In he > walks > > >in, bottle on the table and all. Minus Greg and Kathy, and Phil as > well as > > >they are pastors, but even they would likely be faced with a similar > > >situation if their superior were to walk in, or perhaps even worse, an > > >elder or congregational member. Perhaps we might not feel wrong, but it is > > >the reaction of others, or the supposed reaction of others that would or > > >could make it awkward. I remember a friend of ours talking to us about our > > >former pastor's wife who had, God forbid, wine bottles in her house > and she > > >was now drinking!! That seems to me jumping the gun, making assumptions > > >that were not founded, and spreading gossip. I'm not suggesting we all > > >ought now head out to the bar for a drink, that is not the same issue for > > >likely a few reasons, but this situation pointed out that we ought not > > >live two sets of rules, but let one set of rules rule any situation. I'm > > >sure there are those that disagree and feel we ought not have anything to > > >do with alcohol, which I think is birthed out of the blatant and willing > > >abuse of it by so many, or folks they know who have had problems with > > >it, that drives that thought. But casual and responsible consumption of > > >it to me doesn't seem wrong. > > > > > >*holding up glass*, Cheers. clinkety clink > > >glug, glug, glug, glug glug glug glugluglugluglugluglugluglug > > > > > >hush'sh'sh'sh'sh'sh'sh'sh'sh'sh'sh'sh'sh'sh'sh'sh'sh'sh'sh'sh'sh'sh > > 'sh'sh'sh'sh'sh'sh > > > > > >Don't tell the pastor. loll. > > > > > >Brad