26⁰F snow NW@14mph SR0726 SS1645
Morning Offering given
Village looks pretty dressed in white
Coffee pods this morning
Mass 10:30 @ St. John’s with Christmas Potluck to follow.
The man made KS in good shape & time. Will spend the day today with family down there.
Worked on a few copy jobs yesterday. The office is perfect for doing this. Now, if I could just get things put away so the counters are clear.
I’ve been thinking about salt covenants. The book I mentioned yesterday is quite interesting as well as making sense.
As a child, I remembered men shaking hands on a deal. That handshake was a seal of the deal. No one would think of breaking what had been sealed. I look at today; handshakes have changed. I see them as more of a greeting at times a challenge given than a seal the deal.
I still remember a conversation of 12 yrs past. The man sealed a deal; he gave his word with a handshake. Along came another man who tried to change it, the man told him, “I gave my word, we shook on it.” The other man said, ‘But you didn’t sign anything, I’ll give you more.’ The man said, ‘No, I gave my word.’ To this day, my loss of respect for this man remains. Each time I see him thru eyes that see one who is willing to cheat.
Seems the world has forgotten how to keep a covenant.
Know you are prayed for.
In the "Wilds of Wisconsin & Cornfields of Iowa" 