VENDOR WRITING
LIFE'S NOT FAIR, BUT GOD IS GOOD BY JOHN H., CONTRIBUTOR VENDOR Many times I sit back and wonder where would I be now had I not been raised by Godly parents who preached God’s word to me every day as a child. Most people who see me on the corner say, Every time I see you John you have that big ole smile. How you do it? I say to them, God put it there. Many times it is hard to explain what’s going through my heart and mind at the moment, but God gives me peace. God smiles down on me because he knows I'm waiting for someone I can share His Word with. I had a doctor's appointment this morning and was waiting to see the doctor. I was trying to write this article and couldn’t seem to get my thoughts together so I thought to myself, the only way I can finish this article is if I go to my corner. Seems as if that’s my perfect spot where God speaks to my heart. Much of the time, I sit back and talk to God about why I’m not in the
Big Truck anymore. I feel the way it all went down just wasn’t fair. On the other hand, it seems as if He’s telling me, John, I need you on that corner sharing the Word more than I need you running up and down the road. I’m hoping both ways, whether on the corner or trucking, it all blends out. Sometimes I get so frustrated on my corner because I don’t understand the unnecessary hate from the people who pass you by, judging you because you may have been homeless a few days. It’s just not fair, homelessness, color of skin, ashamed of God’s word. I don't understand. It’s not fair, but the God I serve each day is good. It’s the beginning of the year and this is my first of three articles and I want Nashvillians to know, I love you! Let’s start a great new year by continuing in love. Before Jesus ascended back to heaven, those were his words to the disciples, to love one another.
THEME: M A RCH M A DN ESS ACROSS 1. In ill humor 5. Like a ship? 8. Repeating word on South Pacific map 12. Man-eating fairy tail giant 13. Newspaper piece 14. Pertaining to the ear 15. Family group 16. Not the life of the party 17. Andean animal 18. *Like Sunday, the day of announcements 20. Bodily disorders 21. 19th century Robber baron Jay ____ 22. Architect's software, acr. 23. Articulates 26. Soak up 29. Cuban dance step 30. Auditory canal, e.g.
33. Needlefish, pl. 35. "Star Wars" creator 37. Swindle 38. March edition, e.g. 39. Rest or settle 40. Johnny Cash's "Get ____" 42. *It never ends this way 43. Another word for acetylene 45. High or hilly land 47. Grazing spot 48. Copying machine 50. ____ code 52. *Those remaining in last weekend (Two words) 56. Gives off 57. Afghanistan's western neighbor 58. Beginner 59. Send in payment 60. Halfway around links 61. Besides 62. Biz bigwig
63. *D-___ schools only 64. Swedish shag rugs DOWN 1. ____ Brown and "What's Up, ____?" 2. Gawk at 3. River in Orenburg, Russia 4. Weasel out 5. Go bad 6. Massacre of the Innocents king 7. "I Dream of Jeannie" star 8. *Last year's runner-up from Washington 9. Like word of mouth 10. Those born under Aries 11. Chicken ____ ____ king 13. Between 90 and 180 degrees 14. Spy's cover 19. Crocus bulbs, e.g. 22. *Network 23. *School with most titles 24. Car rack manufacturer 25. Like an implied agreement 26. Your mom's sister 27. Haile Selassie's disciple 28. Boston hockey player 31. Heart pain 32. Ken or Barbie, e.g. 34. *Placement 36. *First A in NCAA 38. Motivate 40. Biology class acronym 41. Benevolent 44. Leavening agent 46. Another word for golf club 48. Rice wine 49. Lacking sense 50. NYSE MKT, formerly 51. Frost design on a window 52. Porto____, Italy 53. Like acne-prone skin 54. Bear constellation 55. Fish eggs, pl. 56. Before, archaic
LOVE BY JOHN H., CONTRIBUTOR VENDOR I love y’all, Nashvillians. Pass it on. First thing I wanna express in this, a guy who was killed on I65 oughta be still living (terrible). It’s what America has taught for years, but it shouldn’t have gone down like that. Tell you one thing though, God says, you sow a bad seed, you also reap it, looking over your back for the rest of your life wondering if something or somebody is about to take your life. It is a miserable way to live. Wouldn’t wanna be in your shoes. Looks as if our Church and government should be the first to show love, they should be an example. Our government doesn't, some churches do, but many don’t. God said, out of everything he commanded, Love was the most important. If we don’t love one another, our neighbors, we don't love Him. 1 John 3:18 says “My little children, let us not love in word, neither
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in tongue, but in deed and truth.” Amazing how we say we love, and on the other hand, we hold back on God’s word. How we rather have money than God’s word? Shame on you. And on down to the 17th verse it says, “But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?” Many times I’m caught in that situation and if it’s something I didn’t wanna do, I still do it. It’s just the love of God that lives in my heart. Some days on the corner, I don't stay very long because I can’t take the hatred that’s very clearly seen from people passing by and the school. Our government took God out of the public schools but seems God lives in their hearts more so than the private schools. Something to think about. Ha!!
