I like seeing people request that we lift up the good old USA as I scroll down my Facebook page.  And we do need to keep that prayer going! It is so scary seeing the violence, the looting, and then I learned that a neighbor had been shot while driving. I’m glad he’s going to be okay, but there are lots of surgeries in his future. The couple noticed the vehicle tail-gating them on I-675, but had no idea the driver would fire a gun into their Volvo! I walked by their home and observed the bullet hole and the shattered windshield. I’m still praying for them, and that this will be solved too. 

  Back when we got robbed, crime almost never happened in Henry County. And later, in my next career, I did lots of commuting on I-75 and 285 but never experienced any road rage. Grow- ing up in Jackson, Georgia, we never locked our doors, nor our cars. Then we moved to McDonough and did lock our little apartment in the Stroud house, but not the 1961 Impala that sat in the driveway. Later, when we lived in Ola, we still did not lock our vehicle, nor did I when I moved to Henry Street. And then, maybe 2016, someone trashed my Camry, and a neighbor’s car too. Sigh. So, I changed my behavior about that.

  Hope there is no defunding of our hard-working police; we need them even more these days! I’m always glad to see them observing traffic, watching out for their Henry County brothers and sisters. I’ll bet my parents are shaking their heads as they look down on what our world has become. Not only has physical crime gone way up, but we also have to be very careful while online. Yesterday I received an e-mail from my bank informing me that I needed to update my personal information and it gave me a link to click on so I could answer their request. So, I called the 800 number on my bank statement, and, nope, they replied that they would never send me an e-mail about my accounts! The representative then gave me an e-mail address so I could forward the fake notice to their fraud specialists. 

  Like most of us, I get a lot of fraudulent phone calls too, even though I am signed up with the do not call system. As soon as the fake caller tells me my internet may be compromised or they’ve found something in my cloud account, I just hang up. I’m also hanging up on the four or five daily calls I get from Trump requesting my donations to help his political funding. I’m always glad to help out certain charities, plus my church. But I’m not helping any candidate with their finances. I will keep praying, though, that the right one gets elected. I still wish somebody like Jeff Foxworthy would get in the race. I admire how he reaches out to the homeless every week, with meals and Bible lessons so I know he has the right spirit to lead this country. I now use his cookbook every couple of weeks to serve a different meal to family. I wonder if Biden or Trump know how to cook, or if they have ever helped the homeless?

  I’m still watching my Sunday morning church service, via the internet.  Last Sunday though, the church I wanted to watch had lost their audio. I watched the fill-in pastor holding the Bible and moving her lips and finally gave up. I’d already prepared some grape juice and crackers so instead I read the communion words from my Methodist hymnal as we enjoyed that monthly ritual. I had already watched Dr. Charles Stanley earlier that morning. I always read his morning devotional and then my Upper Room before the day’s scripture. I will keep praying for America, our health, finances, and a total healing in all ways.