When my boys were growing up, because we were always living on a shoestring and could not buy them expensive gifts, I always let them choose the menu for their birthday dinners. Creating a celebratory meal made their inexpensive gifts seem larger, I hoped. I had also bought a string of shiny multi-colored letters saying "Happy Birthday" that I strung up over the windows behind the table which hung there the entire week. Their birthdays were only a week apart and, I hoped, that made it seem like the party lasted longer than it really did. Now that little string of letters hangs up over my grandsons' birthday table—a tradition passed down to the next generation.
The meals they asked for were always "favorites." Sometimes the combinations were a bit strange and whenever I asked what they wanted, it was always with my breath held. Hot dogs and potato chips (we seldom had snacks around the house so a bag was a treat) made sense, but New York Strip and Kraft macaroni and cheese (and it HAD to be Kraft) was a bit of an odd marriage. Another time it was homemade pizza (nothing frozen or takeout would do) and broccoli—yes I had a little boy who loved broccoli AND Brussels sprouts.
I thought of that in a moment of writer's block a few weeks ago. I have been doing this blog since 2012, and an email list three times a week 6 years before that. While I don't mind rerunning a post here and there, I hate to do it with great regularity. On the other hand, there are only so many topics just like there are only so many different foods. Sooner or later you are bound to repeat yourself. I actually have some favorite posts. When I do a rerun I always wonder who will remember it. Sometimes I don't! But just like you always need certain nutrients, you will always need some of the same reminders in your spiritual life. I do too, or they wouldn't be on my mind. Several of the New Testament writers talk about "reminding" their readers of things they had learned long before, so we are in good company.
So you may find yourself remembering, if not a particular post, then the topic itself. My old brain is slower these days and I sometimes repeat myself. I hope yours won't mind a repeat here and there and you are always welcome to ask for a "favorite article" to be run again. Even if it's not your birthday! I am sure there is someone somewhere who needs it. Maybe even me!
Therefore, I will always be ready to remind you about these things, although you have known [them] and have been established in the present truth, and I think it right, so long as I am in this tent, to stir you up in reminding [you],2 Pet 1: 12,13
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Dene Ward
The meals they asked for were always "favorites." Sometimes the combinations were a bit strange and whenever I asked what they wanted, it was always with my breath held. Hot dogs and potato chips (we seldom had snacks around the house so a bag was a treat) made sense, but New York Strip and Kraft macaroni and cheese (and it HAD to be Kraft) was a bit of an odd marriage. Another time it was homemade pizza (nothing frozen or takeout would do) and broccoli—yes I had a little boy who loved broccoli AND Brussels sprouts.
I thought of that in a moment of writer's block a few weeks ago. I have been doing this blog since 2012, and an email list three times a week 6 years before that. While I don't mind rerunning a post here and there, I hate to do it with great regularity. On the other hand, there are only so many topics just like there are only so many different foods. Sooner or later you are bound to repeat yourself. I actually have some favorite posts. When I do a rerun I always wonder who will remember it. Sometimes I don't! But just like you always need certain nutrients, you will always need some of the same reminders in your spiritual life. I do too, or they wouldn't be on my mind. Several of the New Testament writers talk about "reminding" their readers of things they had learned long before, so we are in good company.
So you may find yourself remembering, if not a particular post, then the topic itself. My old brain is slower these days and I sometimes repeat myself. I hope yours won't mind a repeat here and there and you are always welcome to ask for a "favorite article" to be run again. Even if it's not your birthday! I am sure there is someone somewhere who needs it. Maybe even me!
Therefore, I will always be ready to remind you about these things, although you have known [them] and have been established in the present truth, and I think it right, so long as I am in this tent, to stir you up in reminding [you],2 Pet 1: 12,13
To ask for a rerun article, click on Contact Dene, or leave a comment on a post.
Dene Ward
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