Time Alone Is Time Invested (standard:humor, 909 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Mar 29 2020	Views/Reads: 1314/978	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
The value of any relationship is determined by the amount I am willing to invest in it.

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I won't say that the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage is the best cook
in town, she is, but I'm not going to say it. Saying something can get 
you into trouble, and trouble is the thing I try to stay away from. 
Some try to stay away from viruses, but I try to stay away from 
trouble. 

I was doing some reading leading up to lunchtime, not thinking about
lunch at all. Then the table was set and lunch was prepared. I had 
forgotten what a marvelous cook she was. 

Do not let this get around, but the only thing I do not like about her
cooking are the vegetables that she always cooks. I am not a fan of 
vegetables. There are some I can take with a grain of salt and some 
with a teaspoon of salt, but for the most part, I do not like 
vegetables. 

Then there it was on my plate several homemade meatballs surrounded by a
pile of homemade Mac & Cheese. The meatballs were exactly the way I 
like them, and what can I say about the Mac & Cheese? 

Everything smelled so delicious and looked so wonderful, I almost forgot
to pray for the meal. 

When I finished my third serving, I leaned back in my chair and just
smiled. 

“You know, my dear,” I said with the biggest smile I have ever had, “we
should eat at home more often. You simply outdid yourself today.” 

I still do not like vegetables! However, vegetables may be the price of
our good relationship. 

I thought about what the apostle Paul said once, “Whether therefore ye
eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God” (1 
Corinthians 10:31). 

The value of any relationship is determined by the amount I am willing
to invest in it.


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