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YOU SYRUPY SWEET CARBO LOAD, YOU

We enjoyed the movie about “Winn Dixie,” the friendly dog with the winning smile. The Southern town, dialogue and scenes depicted in the movie were fun and fascinating. I was happy to add a new epithet to my collection:

“Well, ain’t you just a steamin’ pile o’ pancakes!”

It has it all: the cornpone sarcasm . . . the juxtaposition of warmth and folksiness . . . the suggested shock value of vulgarity averted at the last instant by the unexpected denouement.

Yes, I’m a student of this stuff. No, I don’t think you can have too many epithets in your collection. Yes, I’ve already put it to good use, muttering about a crazy driver in traffic who cut off my lane change just to be ornery.

I called him a steamin’ pile o’ pancakes. Then I smiled like Winn Dixie.

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Prayer request: A friend’s son is a pastor at James River Assembly near Springfield, Mo. On Sunday, Kimmy, an eighth-grade girl, came forward at an altar call and dedicated her life to Jesus. She prayed, the congregation prayed and the pastor prayed. Her mother, a 40-year-old believer, was at her side. Well, on Monday morning, her mother, Deborah, was killed in a car accident. Naturally, the pastor seeks concerted prayer that the flame in Kimmy's heart will not be extinguished by the trauma of this tragedy. As his mother put it, we should pray that “the Holy Spirit's breath will gently and steadily blow over Kimmy, and that the prayer shield of the saints will protect her until the fire that was ignited inside of her yesterday is raging and spreading; that she will know that her mother is in the presence of Jesus, celebrating with the saints and angels the newborn-in-faith that Kimmy now is. Her daddy and two younger siblings need major coverage as well, as does the body of James River as they come alongside this family.” Oh, Lord, the timing here speaks eloquently of Your provision, but also may give the Enemy an opportunity to plant seeds of doubt. We humbly pray Your protection over this family, in Jesus’ Name. (Zephaniah 2:3)