Bowling and Bullies

Only a good friend will hug when you have a runny nose!












What form! What grace!

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Loves to bowl, hates the shoes!

I recently read on a Dove chocolate wrapper, “Remember your first everything.” That little saying came to mind as the grandkids and I went bowling yesterday with a friend and her daughter. Her little girl is 3 and best of friends with my 3 year old granddaughter. It was the first time either of them bowled so I brought my camera along to record this “first.” The older two grandchildren had a school holiday so they went along, as well. Those anti-gutter ball bumper rails were a great invention! We discovered that bowling doesn’t really hold the interest of 3 year olds for long. But the free popcorn they received from the concession lady (just for being cute, I guess) kept them occupied for a while. My friend also played “Simon Says” with them while the other kids bowled. We bowled for an hour and didn’t even finish the game but we had fun.

Soon after arriving home from the bowling alley, I called a friend to confirm a lunch date we had planned for Wednesday. She answered the phone quite upset and said she would have to call me back. Later, she explained that when I had called she was in the middle of filing a police report because of threats made by the man who was doing their lawn care service. Her husband is in his early 80s and has Parkinson’s disease. She is in her late 60s and also has health issues. She had decided to cancel the service and when she called him he started spewing out offensive language, threatened to come to her house, and said she couldn’t stop him. So now she’s afraid to leave her husband alone. It really ticks me off when elderly people are abused and taken advantage of by bullies in society. My friend asked me to pray for the man. I replied, “Are you kidding, I want to be like Peter and chop off his ear!” I knew she wasn’t kidding and I am honoring her request to pray for him. After all, that’s the best defense against evil. It wasn’t long ago that another elderly friend of mine was threatened and her home was vandalized by a raging neighbor. Arrrrr!

Matthew 5:43-45 - You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I tell you: Love you enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.