Peculiarly Classic

“They.” “They” truly tear my nerves up. You know who “They” are. Bosses or co-workers at your job that think you don’t know much or can’t do much. Family members that think they know you, your life and your future all too well. People you automatically assume (through discernment or paranoia) are just not in your corner...don’t wish you well...don’t see anything special in you. “They” are defined as people who make you feel undervalued, undeserving, and unqualified. I don’t really like to acknowledge these people by their actual names...I just group them in a pile and label all of them “they.”  I think what I love most about Jesus is that He can relate on a human level. He had a group like that too. He understood what it was like to be underestimated. He took jeers from people that were considered qualified to speak on the Law and it’s meanings. I’m sure He was mocked from people who had no clue about His Father’s business but acted like they did.  I don’t know about you but that

Jesus’ return is described as something very sudden. It’ll be as fast as lightening. Angels sounding trumpets. Not knowing the day or the hour. At the blink of an eye. Like a thief in the night. A GLORIOUS occasion. HOWEVER.....I just find it unfortunate that it’s going to be so fast.  See if He would just let me plan it , it would be a much more dramatic entrance. Imagine a normal sunny day, and then the sky goes dark.......the angels blast the trumpets and all of a sudden Aloe Blacc’s chorus from his song “The Man” comes from nowhere........ “Go ahead and tell everybody...... I’m the man, I’m the man, I’m the man..... Yes I am, yes I am, yes I am........” While Jesus has His arms stretched out on each side, nodding His head as His face look towards the sky and His eyes closed just coming down on His big, white, fluffy cloud......it honestly doesn’t even sound like something He would do, but wouldn’t that be amazing!?!?!?!?! He didn’t ask me though so I’m not goi

This past Thanksgiving I gave myself the daunting task of making sides to go along with the Thanksgiving turkey for dinner. It was daunting because up until then I had only mastered desserts and thanks to Pinterest I was in hoping to become an impressive home chef. I cooked macaroni and cheese, cornbread dressing, pinto beans and some marshmallow topped sweet potato soufflé. I worked hard y’all....and IT WAS DELICIOUS!!!! I was so proud of myself that I immaturely assumed had a natural knack for cooking like a had for baking. I mean....it’s should be that simple right?!?!? I WISH!!!!!!!!!! My cooking skills took a turn for the worse. The food I’ve cooked since then has been burned, raw, soggy, dry, you name it........everywhere you turn something is wrong. I’ve called everyone I know for help.  The one person I wish I could call for my current cooking woes is my Grandma Doris. When I moved to North Carolina to go to college, she all too conveniently lived a few streets away wh