July 24

Some words from a Claude King song went something like this. "I sat down on a bear trap just this morning, it was camouflaged so I had no warning, I couldn't bear the pain when I ran out of chain, I sat down on a bear trap just his morning."

Well, something like that happened to me. About a year ago I realized that I had sat down on a bear trap and just this morning I ran out of chain. I can barely stand the pain but I ran out of chain yep, turned 69 just this morning.

I can cry if I want, cry if I want to, you might cry too when it happens to you.........oh! maybe you already have.

The end of the chain pain has subsided somewhat and stupid old me turned right around and sat down on another one. Sure home the chain length is at least as long as the last one. I would hate to think it might be any shorter.

Funny how some painful things on one hand can be so sweet on the other. I thank God for the blessing me with the sweet year past and pray his blessings will continue.

Just happened to have a little picture of my birth place. I'll stick it here so you can see that a person can come or go a long ways in 69 years.





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"O Lord! thou knowest how busy I must be this day: if I forget thee, do not thou forget me." - Sir Jacob Astley