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A scripture just came to mind, and then I remembered where I hard it once. I suspect we all have tales like this, so thought you might remember some times too.
When hubby and I were dating, most of the folks in our church went downashore for vacation. I'm not sure it was planned this way or it was just what most folks do around here, but about 50% of that church could be found staying in Ocean City, NJ the first two weeks of August. (Best time to park on our street is the first two weeks of August, so it really is a thing.)
There was also a standing invitation for the rest of us to come down for a day or two and stay with whoever. We were both working, so we went for a day trip after church with most of the rest of the church.
Jellyfish. That's what Jersey people call them. I spent most my summers at my grandparents farm in Maryland, so I still think of them as stinging nettles, but they are the type of jellyfish that sting, but not bad enough to go to the hospital over. The shoreline to the water was lined with dead and dying ones. Many more were in the water.
Hubby and I weren't nuts enough to go in the water, but one of the older elders announced, "I can do all things through God who strengthens me." And off he went with a determined face. And stung he got. About 3-5 times. He strutted in to about his waistline and strutted right out again. The expression never changed....until he wiped his burning legs down and called for another elder's wife, who was a nurse. Then he had a sheepish smile that turned into a hearty laugh.
He never did that again.
Got any tales of inappropriate scripture quoting? Preferably the humorous kind, but, if not, I'd rather not it be an attack on anyone. The man had a dry sense of humor, but I didn't know him well before then, so I didn't know he was taking it in stride, until he laughed.
My other favorite story of him was when we were gathered together to watch An American Werewolf in London. Two American guys go to England. The first night they're walking through a moor, when the expected happened. One was taken away by werewolves. A couple of months later his friend spots him in a movie house. By then his friend's face was almost dripping, it was decaying so badly. Big TV (by 1980's standards lol), so it was pretty disgusting. That elder said, "Pizza anyone?"
LOL
When hubby and I were dating, most of the folks in our church went downashore for vacation. I'm not sure it was planned this way or it was just what most folks do around here, but about 50% of that church could be found staying in Ocean City, NJ the first two weeks of August. (Best time to park on our street is the first two weeks of August, so it really is a thing.)
There was also a standing invitation for the rest of us to come down for a day or two and stay with whoever. We were both working, so we went for a day trip after church with most of the rest of the church.
Jellyfish. That's what Jersey people call them. I spent most my summers at my grandparents farm in Maryland, so I still think of them as stinging nettles, but they are the type of jellyfish that sting, but not bad enough to go to the hospital over. The shoreline to the water was lined with dead and dying ones. Many more were in the water.
Hubby and I weren't nuts enough to go in the water, but one of the older elders announced, "I can do all things through God who strengthens me." And off he went with a determined face. And stung he got. About 3-5 times. He strutted in to about his waistline and strutted right out again. The expression never changed....until he wiped his burning legs down and called for another elder's wife, who was a nurse. Then he had a sheepish smile that turned into a hearty laugh.
He never did that again.
Got any tales of inappropriate scripture quoting? Preferably the humorous kind, but, if not, I'd rather not it be an attack on anyone. The man had a dry sense of humor, but I didn't know him well before then, so I didn't know he was taking it in stride, until he laughed.
My other favorite story of him was when we were gathered together to watch An American Werewolf in London. Two American guys go to England. The first night they're walking through a moor, when the expected happened. One was taken away by werewolves. A couple of months later his friend spots him in a movie house. By then his friend's face was almost dripping, it was decaying so badly. Big TV (by 1980's standards lol), so it was pretty disgusting. That elder said, "Pizza anyone?"
LOL
