Sure do, Rhonda!

Just because Phil doesn't seem to know . . ..

We're not going to tell him either!

--
Carol
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rhonda Partain" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 3:46 AM
Subject: Re: listening to God


>I liked this one...it does strike me as funny sometimes, I remember once 
>Ben
> and I had an argument before he went to work on the night shift at 11 at
> night.  I was left alone to think all about what woult  have been better
> left unsaid, and wished I culd take back angry hurtful words.  I asked God
> what I should do, now that I had followed  my own way and made a mess of
> things.  The last thing in the world I wanted was to talk to Ben, it was 
> my
> plan to ignore him when he came home, after all, if he couldn't speak 
> nicely
> to me, then he shouldn't speak to me at all.  But I felt ipressed to make
> breakfast and some coffee.  This is not what one does when he or she has
> been hurt by someone else.  I thought that surely that would send the 
> wrong
> message, that, yes, it was ok to verbally abuse me, call me names,  attack
> my intelligence, and anything else  discriminatory! Wouldn't a nice
> breakfast say  nothing happened at all!
> But...having asked  to give me  his  idea, and having seen how I had 
> messed
> things up so on my own, I decided there would be no harm in doing it God's
> way,  though I surely felt like a fool.
> Ben came home and was indeed surprised to see eggs, hot buttered biscuits
> and bacon!!  Before I could say anything, and I was thinking by now that I
> had said enough, he gave me ahug and a kiss and said "I'm so sorry"  I 
> said
> I was too, and we had a nice wonderful breakfast,
> And you all know how much fun making up is!!!
>
> Rhonda