Friday

you will never get anything done.”

Ecclesiastes 11:4 (NLT)

Pray for Mr. James Miller.  He’s “under the weather”.

Dr. Earl Council is hospitalized in Ruston.  Pray for him and his family as they seek a diagnosis.

Mrs. Jeanette McGehee will have surgery Monday.  Please be in pray for her.

Robert Earl Sanders
(August 31, 1943 – November 19, 2009)

Died on Thursday, November 19, 2009 in New Orleans. He was born August 31, 1943 in New Orleans, LA to James O. Sanders, Jr. and Thelma Mae Smith Sanders. Age 66 years.

Arrangements are incomplete at this time with McKnely Funeral Home, Amite.

Wilton “Ditsy” Bennett
(February 28, 1940 – November 19, 2009)
Died at 11 a.m. on Thursday, November 19, 2009 at his residence in Loranger, LA. He was born February 28, 1940 in Independence. Age 69 years. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 10 a.m. until religious services at 1 p.m. Saturday, November 21, 2009. Services conducted by Bro. Marshall Wallace. Interment Loranger Cemetery, Loranger. He is survived by his 4 daughters, Tawana Bennett, Loranger, Dana Bennett, Eagle, CO, Rosalind Bennett, Wesson, MS and Shannon Bennett, Independence; a son, Brandon Bennett, Loranger; grandchildren, Hannah Depew, Heaven Schmidt, Hayley Bennett, Ragan Gainey, Tristian Picou and Eathan Bennett; great-grandson, Aiden Gainey; brother, James E. Bennett, Loranger; sister, Barbara Williams, Loranger. He was preceded in death by his wife, Norma Lee Hayden Bennett; parents. Obie and Lettie Cutrer Bennett.

THAT’S AMORE!

Ready for some groaners? (author unknown)

When the moon hits your eye,
Like a big pizza pie,
That’s amore.  (song made popular by Dean Martin in 1953)

When an eel bites your hand,
And that’s not what you planned,
That’s a moray.

When your horse munches straw,
And the bales total four,
That’s some more hay.

When Othello’s poor wife,
Becomes stabbed with a knife,
That’s a Moor, eh?

When you ace your last tests,
Like you did all the rest,
That’s some more “A”s!

A comedian ham,
With the name Amsterdam,
That’s a Morey.

When your chocolate graham,
Is with marshmallows crammed,
That s’more, eh.

When you’ve had quite enough,
Of this dumb rhyming stuff,
That’s “No more!”, eh?

What is amore?  It’s the Italian word for love!  The Greek word is, of course, agape.  And in scripture, love is:

–the cement that holds relationships together, the “bond of perfection” (Col. 3:14)

–the essence of God’s nature (I John 4:7)

–the one thing greater than any of God’s spiritual gifts (I Cor. 13:8)

–the foundation of the greatest command (and the second greatest!) (Mark 12:30-31)

–the culmination of the Christian graces (2 Peter 1:5-7)

That’s amore!  “Let all that you do be done with love.”  (1 Cor 16:14).

Have a great day!

Alan Smith
Helen Street Church of Christ
Fayetteville, North Carolina

Have a great Friday.  Make time to pray!

Anna Lee