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| Don't Let Walmart Keep You Out of Heaven |
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How many of y'all has ever had somebody do you wrong? I know I have. In fact just yesterday I had somethin like this happen to me and God used the situation to open my eyes to a essential truth of the Bible.
See, I was at walmart pickin up some groceries with my wife. Now I hate goin shopin with my wife because with her she views shoppin like drivin down the blue-ridge parkway in the mountains. Every rack of clothes is like a overlook that she has to stop at and admire the scenery. I'm the opposite, I view shoppin like a stealth bomber pilot. I got a mission to complete and I have to knock out strategic targets along the way and get out ASAP.
Well, this shoppin trip was designed to make me mad from the start because we went in there with out a LIST. When we walked in I knew that all we really needed was milk, bread, brute-aftershave, and quetips. Shouldn't have took more that 10 minutes to get in and out. The promise of such a simple shoppin trip was the only reason I went because I wanted to get home in time to watch Monday Night Smack Down with Rich.
Well, we got the milk, the bread, the aftershave, and were on our way to the quetips when things went south. A pair of high heal shoes wispered Kathy's name as we were walkin by and she stopped to see what pair it was. Before long Kathy was havin a good ole time with the entire shoe isle. There was nothin I could do except sit there at the end of the isle while she tried on the entire line of Nicole-Peep-Toe-Wedges and Kitty-Kitten-Heels. It was torture.
2 hours later she was finally back in the car, with 4 pair of shoes, and a very angry husband. All the way home I was plottin how I could get her back. I had all kinds of good ideas too. One of which involved a squirrel and a laundry basket. There won't no way she was gettin away with this one.
Well, after I had time to cool down a bit. It happened... Jesus started convictin my hear just like He always does. I felt like I needed to open up my Bible so I did. It fell open to Matthew 6:14-15 6:14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 6:15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
I said but wait Lord this says to forgive MEN, Kathy is a woman. God, said "No BillyRay you gotta forgive everybody, because if you don't I cain't forgive you."
I began to wonder what would've happened if in my moment of anger and plotin against Kathy that Jesus had come back. Would I have gone to heaven? Accordin to that scripture, no.
So needless to say, I went and told Kathy I forgive her. It would be silly to let walmart keep me out of heaven. God bless.
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| To add a comment to "Don't Let Walmart Keep You Out of Heaven" |
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| July 19, 2007 |
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Since you put it that way... I forgive you fer missin Smack Down. Hey, did you happen to see the sale on cheez-whiz? Awesome!
Rich |
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| July 19, 2007 |
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| Yeah, I got a few cans. Thanks for forgivin me man. You want to come to my birthday party tonight? Kathy's bakin a strawberry-pig-pickin cake. |
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| July 19, 2007 |
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| I thought you'd never ask! Yeah, I'll be there... Plus I taped smack down for ya! |
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| July 19, 2007 |
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| Man, I gotta tell you about my date... Did you happen to read the blog about it? |
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| July 19, 2007 |
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| yeah, I just read it. Just make sure you pray about it and don't let the devil trap you. How many kids does she have? |
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| July 19, 2007 |
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ROFL!!! |
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| July 19, 2007 |
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| ha! you guys just crack me up! |
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| July 20, 2007 |
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| good for you for Forgiving...last night my birthday evening was ruined by an argument over Big Brother...can you believe that? at least I got dinner in at the Outback first. looks like I got some forgiving to do as well. |
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| July 20, 2007 |
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Marsharie - I couldn't beleive the guys didn't vote with Kail last night. I think that alliance is over. What was y'all arguin about? BTW... Outback is our "special occasion" restaurant, we love that place. We usually get the Outback Style prime rib w/ a bloomin onion. mmmmmm |
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| July 20, 2007 |
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ahahahaaa...you're killing me with this stuff BR!! (as usual) How did you guys find mychurch anyway? What's to attract a redneck to this place? I'm glad it did though! lol ~mike
ps... always love the spiritual lessons with a flair... usually a rude flair! lol |
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| July 20, 2007 |
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Mike, I thought you said "Ric flair" at first. Now that would be interestin to have a spiritual lesson with Ric Flair. Wooooo!
As far as how me and Rich found the blessin called mychurch, I think back to that verse that says, the steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord....or in our case the steps of a good redneck are ordered by the Lord. God bless. |
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| July 20, 2007 |
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| I enjoyed reading this! It brought a smile to my face. Many other husbands probably agree with your shopping style 100%. Thank goodness, my husband enjoys shopping! That was a good & simple to understand lesson in forgiveness. |
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| July 20, 2007 |
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Hey...when we're looking at everything at Walmart, it's not like a scenic overlook...it's like recognizance for a future stealth run! hahaha |
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| July 20, 2007 |
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| lol...i think you spell that as reconnaissance. Only reason a redneck like me knows that is because they use that word in my huntin magazines. |
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| July 20, 2007 |
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I ended up missing Big Brother last night, and I forgot to go check out what happened til you just mentioned, I better go see what happened on CBS.com. And the arguement was me simply mentioning that it was coming on, there aren't very many shows I like to watch "religiously", most of them I rent from Netflix, like Dallas for example, so I watch that when he's at work or watching something else. So anyway, Big Brother is the only show on right now that I hate to miss, so when I mentioned it he assumed I wanted to rush home and watch while he had more birthday clebrating to do at the beach. I was upset about his jumping to conclusions over my feeble attempt at a conversation and he was upset b/c me mentioning a show somehow ruined his plans. Too much info, I know, but if you ask I will tell. |
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| July 20, 2007 |
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| Thanks, BillyRay. See there's no spell checker on these comments so we need good huntin magazines to help us out from time to time. |
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| July 20, 2007 |
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| The walmart parking lot could keep me out of heaven ...people are crazy ! |
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| July 20, 2007 |
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| Amen to that! I've seen so many crazy thangs in walmart that I've desiganted any land within a one mile radius of walmart "The Walmart Zone" As I approach I start hummin the twilight zone theme song too. Makes my wife mad. |
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| July 21, 2007 |
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Note to self: Gotta read more blogs by this man...
I am now a subscriber. I hope that this subscription is free. It seems like all of the subscriptions I pay for I never have time to read.
:eek:
Everyone is seeing my thoughts!
I need more coffee...
Dave |
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| July 22, 2007 |
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| Lol! There is a reason that I don't shop at wal+mart...It is a giant trap! |
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| July 22, 2007 |
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Now I know this is about forgiving and all, but your are talking about your partners in crime (ooh suttle...). See, when I go shopping with my mother I have a reason to get angry, I shouldnt have to be there. I could be saving people on my playstation, or gathering information on the television. I do not need to be target, (For you fancy people its pronounced Tar-jay). Like the Joshmo bible says, Parents, if your children ask you not to take them shopping, would you take them???
Keepin it real |
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| July 24, 2007 |
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| Wal-mart oh what a place we call it Wallyworld.........I'm there every Monday with a differant grandkid each week the people there must think i have a store house of kids.....just 6 but it seems like alot more especially when they want something everytime we go we also enjoy the fine dining there in the golden arches.....................Mikey D's (McDonalds) Love the lesson but i'm with your wife i have never met a pair of shoes i didn't like................. |
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| July 24, 2007 |
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| Rosie, you stay away from my wife, she don't need no affirmation about the shoes! haha. just kiddin. You are definately blessed to have 6 grandkids! I love Mikey D's too, thats where I take the family when we wont to go a real nice sit-down restaurant. |
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| July 24, 2007 |
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| BillyRay, I just found out that Denny's is not a fancy sit-down restaurant! |
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| July 24, 2007 |
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| Mullet Preacher to late your wife and i have a date to go shopping for shoes here in the near future.........................just kidding....i just couldn't resist...........like that half a pound of fudge i done ate.....ummmmmgood |
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| July 24, 2007 |
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hahaha you ain't right Rosie! |
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| July 25, 2007 |
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| ah i'm as right as rain................. |
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| July 26, 2007 |
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I LIKEE
34:10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; But they that seek Jehovah shall not want any good thing. |
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| July 27, 2007 |
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This is too true. After 28 years my wife and I finally have it worked out. I drive her to her favorite shopping location. Take my cell phone and walk the perimeter of the place until she is finished and calls me to come pay for the purchase. Works great, I get plenty of exercise and there are few arguments in our house.
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| July 30, 2007 |
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| That's why I can't go shopping with my mom unless I stress that we will not be looking a clothes. She takes almost a whole day and usually doesn't get anything in the end. Arg! LOL. I feel ya. |
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| July 31, 2007 |
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| Actually, in my family its my father that always has to look at everything. My mom and I usually try to get in and out, but if we send dad out for milk, he'll come back 30 minutes later with milk, new boxers for my brothers, laundy detergent, apples that were on sale, and bread. Meanwhile we've all been sitting at then dinner table for 15 minutes drinking peach tea while we wait. Lol. |
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| August 01, 2007 |
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| I'm with you...I also view shoppin like a stealth bomber pilot. I got a mission to complete and I have to knock out strategic targets along the way and get out ASAP. God Bless. |
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| August 01, 2007 |
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| thanks for the comments, i'm glad people can relate to this lol. |
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| August 06, 2007 |
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| Loved your blog. Take care of that 68 Camaro now! |
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| September 20, 2007 |
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This was funny on Walmart. But when it comes to that store,
I get what I went in for & than I'm out! I do not check out the
rest of the store to see what they have. |
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| September 20, 2007 |
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| imgoingheavenbound, you make a good wife!!!! I love that store when I'm by myself... but i don't like it much otherwise. |
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| September 20, 2007 |
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| Wen I found out walmart supported gay and lesbian rights, I stopped supporting walmart..plain and simple.. |
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| September 20, 2007 |
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| naw, do they really do that!?? You're kiddin right? Well, you probably wouldn't kid about that so I thank I know the answer to that question. |
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| September 20, 2007 |
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Forgive me if I'm out of line here. But I read somewhere that Walmart
stopped donating to the Gay-Rights Groups back in 6/22/2007, So I
don't know. This is only what I heard. |
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| September 20, 2007 |
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Check your facts. A "christian" my wife works with claimed we weren't Christian enough because we bought a Ford....When questioned why she would say that ,...she said that FORD supports Gay rights. 1st of all we bought a 2 year old taurus ... so any money Ford was going to make had all ready been made...plus we bought it at a Chrysler dealer ,.. so again no money to Ford.
As it turns out Ford owns Jaguar and THEY gave 1,000$ for every NEW Jag sold to the anti-gay and defamation whatever.
Besides, what happened to God hates the sin and not the sinner? Gay people do have rights.
As Christian beleivers we may not support the saction of marriage for them because The Word is clear but it DOESNT say boycott anyone who shows charity , regardless of the cause.
Boycotts dont have any power unless in unison. Plain and simple.
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| September 20, 2007 |
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| Well, theres obviously allot of loyalty to Wal-mart, but I thinks its very admirable for people to be aware of this sorta thing. I guess its one of those things that each person has ta make a decision on themselves. "Don't never be scared to stand up for whats right even if you're the only one" thats what my momma used to say. We can always goto that ol' Target store, or K-Mart if sometin ever happens to Wal-mart. Lets just all pray for the owners that they get saved and in church and try to be a witness to the lesbians in there when we go buy stuff. |
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| September 21, 2007 |
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Mr.Mullet
That was very good I like this story, let me give you a lttle tip this is what my husband does because he likes Monday night smack down also he records all of them. |
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| October 01, 2007 |
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| I love to shop at Wal-Mart but I do so kinda like you "on a mission to get what I need and get out" I'm there every week. We do need to forgive any situation or we won't make it to heaven, so true! Lisa |
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| November 13, 2007 |
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Thanks Gervis, I like yer plan and I may have to try that next time |
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| February 04, 2008 |
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| HA I find you Billy Ray. You need accept my request for friend. |
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| April 16, 2008 |
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lol ... with me and my Man it is just the opposite!
I can't stand to shop and do it like you do and he wants to browse. |
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| April 16, 2008 |
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This is the Mall Mission Map for Female and Male:
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| April 16, 2008 |
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| lol, thats purty good man. |
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