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I Have Much to
Be Thankful for!
A wise man once said,
when a man reaches his low-
est point in life, it is there he
finds courage, wisdom and
the will to go on because it is
there he will find himself.
As Thanksgiving Day
approaches, it is my tradition
each year to make a list of.
the things I have to be thank-
ful for. This year was a diffi-
cult one for several reasons.
Without going into the boring
details, I'll just say that life
has been difficult lately.
As Thanksgiving grew
closer and I started making
my annual list, there were
some items missing, but some
new ones took their place. I
found that I have just as much
to be thankful for as in year's
past. Maybe not the same
things, maybe not quite as
good as in year's past, but still
a lot to be thankful for.
Here are a few of those
things:
* I've always been thank-
ful that God gave me two won-
derful children. They have
turned out to be very respon-
sible adults. I thank God for
them and for giving me the
wisdom to raise them right.
.stand a few minor repairs or
maybe a little paint and body
work. I get up each day and
drive to work. While they are
not new, they do get me where
I'm going. I thank God that
he sees fit to provide me with
a way to travel.
• While my clothes are not
new, and some are even a lit-
fie bigger now it seems, I do
have clothes to wear each and
every day. Sometimes, I
would like nicer ones but am
thankful that God has pro-
vided me with the ones I have.
MY LIST COULD go on
and on, but I'm sure you get
the picture. I'm simply say-
ing that I may not have all the
things I want, but I have all
the things I need and more.
While my list is not as long
andin some years, and things
* A wonderful grandchiM" "-in my life are not exactly per-
that is loving, cute as a but-
ton and very intelligent. My
grandchild has not been the
healthiest child in his four
years on this earth, we've
even came close to losing him
once, but thank God he's alive
and growing stronger by the
day.
• I'm not wealthy by any
means, but God has given me
a good job that helps provide
for my needs. While there's
still month left over at the
end of the money sometimes,
I'm worldng and that's more
than some people can say
today.
• While it's not a mansion
and could stand some repair,
I do have a roof over my head.
The good Lord has provided
me with a warm place tosleep
each night. There's a Iot of
people right here in America
that can not say that. --,
• I'm never hungry. Whil&
I don't always eat the things
I'd like to, I have plenty to
eat. Thank God, because
there are some people that
have to rummage through
trash cans each day for a sin-
gle meal.
• I'm getting older and the
body and health are not what
they used to be. However, by
the grace of God, I get up each
morning, dress myself, go to
work or do whatever I want
to. I don't take medications
and do not need anyone to
take care of me. That's not
true for everyone.
* While both my car and
truck are not new and could
fect right now, I still have
much more than a lot of peo-
ple and I thank GOd for allow-
ing me to have those things.
Sometimes, we take for
granted the little things that
we do have because we are
constantly looking for the big
things. As a wise man once
said, "We can't see the forest
for the trees."
GOd never promised us
anything, not good health, not
wealth, not even a long life.
The only thing he promised
us was that if we accept
Christ as our savior, when we
die, we will be with him in
heaven. That is the biggest
blessing of all, and I thank
him for it.
AS I PONDERED the
many things I have to be
thankful for, and the ones that
I no longer have, I began to
realize one very important
',, thing. God has been much
\\;,naOre generous with me than
ve with him.
In recent months, I have
not given him as much of my
time as I should have. I've not
studied my Bible as I should
have, and above all, I've not
witnessed as I should have.
As I realized this, I
thought, "My God, how can
you be so woflderful to me,
when I've done nothing for
you in return?"
I realize now, that God has
not failed me, it is I that have
failed God.
Happy Thanksgiv/ng!
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Cordie Mae's Gain-Weight
(Written in 1988)
Everybody and his fat sis-
ter-in-law are trying to lose
weight. I must see 15 differ-
ent diet programs advertised
during just one night of tele-
vision.
That's fine, but aren't
there some people out there
who want to gain weight? I
see skinny people every day.
These people look pale,
sickly, underfed and they
couldn't be happy looking like
that.
But nobody helps them.
Nobody offers a weight-gain
diet. At least I haven't seen
one, so I've decided to help.
I phone an old schoolmate
of mine, the former Cordie
Mac Poovey, who still weighs
more than the mobile home
in which she lives with her
devoted husband, Hog
Philpott.
(Hog's no lightweight
himself. Down at Mudd's
Gulf, where he works, they
refer to Hog "At." As in Alps.)
As for Cordie Mac, the
stork didn't bring her. UPS
did. It took the entire plane.
Cordie Mac can look at a
bowl of mashed potatoes and
sprout a new 45-pound arm.
She tried to visit Rhode Island
once, but they wouldn't let her
Friday: Breakfast,
boxes of donuts, and a jar
peanut butter mixed with
whipped cream. Lunch, fill
up the back of your truck at
the McDonald's drive
through window.
in. There wasn't enough
room.
(I would steal Rodney
Dangerfield's line here, but
I'm not that kind of person.
So I'll give him credit for say-
ing he went out with a girl so
fat, when she wore watches
on each of her wrists they
were in different time zones.
I told Cordie Mac of the
plight of skinny people, and
she agreed to share her coun-
trywide, famous "When Your
Arms Get Tired of Shoveling
in the Fast Food Then Eat
With Your Feet Bloatation
Diet."
"Just give a typical one-
week program," I said.
"I'd be happy to," said
Cordie Mac, reaching into her
icebox for a quart of lard on
which to snack while she dic-
tated her gain-weight diet.
Clip and save the following:
Monday: Breakfast, a
dozen eggs, six cinnamon
rolls, a chocolate cake, then
go to Shoney's for the break-
fast buffet. Lunch, a jar of
mayonnaise, three Wendy's
double cheeseburgers, four
grape snow cones, and a gross
of Butterfingers. Dinner, a
barbecued goat, hold the
mayo. You had enough of that
for lunch.
Tuesday: Breakfast, a
dozen chocolate Dove bars, a
litre of Pepsi, and whatever
was left of the barbecued
goat. Lunch, call Domino's for
pizza. Order their entire
inventory. Dinner, Waffle
House.
Wednesday: Breakfast, a
tub of grits with butter, four
vanilla milkshakes and one
pork chop for every year
you've been able to vote.
Lunch, all the pork chops you
want, no limit. Dinner, what
the heck, another barbecued
goat.
Thursday: Breakfast, a
dozen Twinkies, and then go
to Baskin-Robbins for some
real food. Lunch, some
munchies from Kroger. The
entire aisle. Dinner, a gallon
of mashed potatoes and a
banana split salad.
way you want.
Saturday."
trailer all day and
a large vat of banana
Sunday:. A day of
Send your husband or
out for tacos and stop by
Chinese place for e
and then go tot he deli
potato salad and
And if a chicken
through your house, knock
in the head and fry
the Colonel is closed
you need a midnight snack.
Cordie Mac says
luck and good gaining.
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Happy Thanksgiving to One and to
The smell of the turkey in
the oven, the gathering of
family not so often seen, and
the sounds of children play-
ing in the just fallen leaves
are just some of the things
that make up Thanksgiving
Day.
As we enjoy all the bless-
hags of such an occasion, may
'-- , -2 hat it is
all about. R r %m the year
1623 when Governor William
Bradford issued a
Thanksgiving proclamation.
Some of that proclamation
said, "Inasmuch as the great
Father has given us this year
an abundant harvest...and has
granted unto us freedom to
worship God according to the
dictates of our own con-
science...do gather at ye
meeting house on ye hill
between the hours of 9 and
12 in the daytime on
Thursday, November ye
29...there to listen to ye pas-
tor and render thanksgiving
to ye Almighty God."
These folks did meet, they
did enjoy a bountiful meal and
they did render thanks to
Almighty God. When we
meet, fellowship, and eat,
may we remember to give
thanks to Almighty God.
Psalm 100:4 says, "Enter
into his gates with thanksgiv-
ing, and into his courts with
praise: be ye t]mntul unto
him, and bless his name." We
live in such an hour when
much trial and tribulation is
upon us, but we can always
give thanks.
Paul said in I
Thessalonians S:18, "In
everything give thanks for
this is the will of God in Christ
Jesus concerning you." It is
easy to give thanks for the
good things that take place in
our lives, but according to the
Bible, we can give thanks for
the not so good things that
happen in our lives.
AS I LOOK BACK in my
life, there is an abundance of
things that command my
thanksgiving to Almighty
God. These feeble words
would fall woefully short, not
only in naming those things
that compel me to be thank-
ful, but the words can in no
way adequately do the job.
But for now there are three
that I feel like must be men-
tioned here.
FIRST, my salvation
compels me to be thankful. If
not for Christ's offering on
Calvary's tree, this human
being would find himself in
hell.
Second, my family com-
pels me to be thankful. Some
fifty-four months ago, I told
them we were moving
Hogansville, Georgia.
wife was settled, m
friends, and my parents
grandchildren
close by, but God had
us.
They offered no
plaints, only support.
the wonderful church
gave me to paato Ommand
my thanksgiving:' '
Upon moving
born and raised here. I
thankful for Antioch
Church.
Upon close
all are compelled to
thanksgiving to the
Heavenly Father.
the life of our country, amy:
extend to you,
Baptist Church and
izens of Hogansville the
cerest of Thanksgiving
es. HAPPY
ING.
CanoGtN for Friday
Inthe
Hogansville Herald
• DEVOTED: The front page
on Nov. 27, 1952 carried five sep-
arate stodes and two photos
about the Green Wave football
team. The lead story noted, "The
Hogansville High School Green
Wave, Cinderella team of class
B football in the state, meets
Carrollton's mighty Trojans at
Newnan for the region crown
Friday night. Cinderella's chariot
almost tumed to a pumpkin ear-
lier in the seson..." -
• CHRISTMAS DECORA-
TIONS: "The Home
Demonstration Club, sponsors of
the Outdoor Chnstmas
Decorations contest, wishes to
urge everyone in the communi-
ty to get in the competition for
some mighty nice pnzes....that
include a $25 war bond, $10 in
cash and a lovely hand-made
aluminum tray."
• FACE OF COURAGE: A
photo caption read, 'Little Richard
Duncan, pictured above, 20
month-old son of of Mr. and Mrs.
O.K. Duncan, is suffering from a
rare heart ailment and is only
given a few months to live. The
ailment is diagnosed by Emory
University specialists as
Encardie Fibrosis,
is no cure."
