I Then Thought of Chocolate (standard:humor, 906 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Oct 22 2023	Views/Reads: 482/298	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Comfort food is temporary, but "the peace of God" endures forever. When I give my stress to God, He is dependable and will watch over my heart and mind.

Everybody has their own comfort food. I have a long list of comfort
food, and Apple Fritter is at the top. Nothing comforts me quite like a 
fresh Apple Fritter. 

The other day I needed some comfort food. After all, life can be rather
stressful, and you either deal with the stress or let it deal with you. 


The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage planned to spend the day thrift
store shopping with one of our daughters. Thus, I had a whole day to 
deal with my stress. 

The first thing I did was go where I usually get my Apple Fritter. I was
quite excited on my way there, knowing I would have all day to enjoy my 
favorite comfort food. Even thinking about it caused me to lose a lot 
of my stress. 

Then the unthinkable happened. I got to the place to purchase my Apple
Fritter and was shocked to find they had no Apple Fritters in stock. 
They were out and did not know when any would be available. 

If I had stress at the beginning of the day, it was nothing compared to
the stress I was now experiencing. How can any store run out of the 
most important food item in the world? 

Staring at the cashier, I said, "Could you check your inventory to see
if maybe there's one you missed?" 

She did, and much to my chagrin, there was none to be found. I staggered
outside, as stressed as I've ever been in my life. What in the world am 
I going to do without an Apple Fritter? Especially at a time when I can 
sneak one behind the back of The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage. 

As I drove home, I didn't know what to do. I spent the whole day trying
to figure this out, and if my luck is as it usually is, I will discover 
a solution three minutes before The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage 
walks in the door. 

As I walked into the house thinking about this, I got a fresh cup of
coffee, went to my easy chair, and tried to think through this problem. 


No comfort food qualifies for my stress situation at this time. I did
not want to sit with my stress all day. It's usually bad company. I had 
to come up with a solution. My wife is the one who always comes up with 
solutions, but I'm sure she would not volunteer any solution on this 
subject. 

Sitting in my chair sipping coffee, trying to figure out what to do, I
then thought of chocolate. Next to an Apple Fritter, a piece of 
chocolate is on my list of comfort foods. We are not allowed to have 
chocolate in our house because, according to The Gracious Mistress of 
the Parsonage, chocolate gives her headaches. 

I must say I'm a little bit jealous. I thought I was the only one giving
her headaches, and now she's cheating on me with chocolate headaches. 
They give her headaches instead of me? How dare they? 

I knew we had none in the house, so I had to go out somewhere and get
some delicious chocolate before she got home. 

It didn't take long to get to the store, where I knew they had some nice
chocolate candy. I went in, bought some, and headed for my vehicle to 
go home. I was so happy that my stress was almost gone before I took a 
bite of that chocolate. 

I got home, got another fresh cup of coffee, sat in my easy chair and
slowly opened this delicious chocolate candy bar. I looked at it very 
deliciously and reverently bowed to take my first bite. 

I barely started to chew when all of the stress in my life ran for
cover. I slowly chewed and chewed and chewed, and before I knew it, 
that chocolate bar disappeared. But so did my stress. Isn't it 
wonderful when you can deal with a problem so quickly? 



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