Raccoon Mountain Campground and Caverns, Chattanooga, Tennessee
So Jacob said to …all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods you have with you, and purify yourselves and change your clothes. Then come, let us go up to Bethel, where I will build an altar to God, Who answered me in the day of my distress and Who has been with me wherever I have gone.” So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods they had … and Jacob buried them under the oak at Shechem. Then they set out, and the terror of God fell upon the towns all around them so that no one pursued them. ~ Genesis 35:2-5 I’m truly surprised to learn that Jacob has allowed foreign gods to take up residence in his family and camp, but are we really any different? Don’t we make commitments to serve and worship the One True God, and before we know it, we’re back into idolatrous relationships again? Oh, not the kind you carve and bow down to like the Old Testament people did, but the more abstract ones we make – work, school, kids, money, over-commitment, anything that takes the place of God. It’s good when God reminds us where we’re supposed to be and what we’re supposed to be about. We are created for His glory, and to show the world His Love.
But the cat came back, the very next day . . .
Do you know that song? Blaine and I learned it back when our boys were young and watched “Sharon, Lois and Bram’s Elephant Show”. We learned a lot of fun songs from them!
Anyway, what does that have to do with anything? The campground cat came a-calling this fine Saturday morning and Blaine actually encouraged it to come inside and assuage its curiosity. I couldn’t believe he did that! My mom said, “Old age makes people do funny things.” 😊
Speaking of songs and old age, I awoke with a doozy Saturday morning. If you’re old enough, you may remember the “Comet” song kids liked to sing. “Comet! Will make your teeth turn green! Comet! It smells like gas-o-line! Comet! Will make you vomit! So get some Comet and vomit today!” No? Doesn’t ring any bells? Do you know the whistling tune from the movie, “Bridge on the River Kwai”? That’s the tune! Still nothing? Well then, I guess this is useless information. . . . For those of you who don’t even know what Comet is, it was and actually still is, a powdery cleanser that’s a light green color. I remember my mom using it in her white porcelain enamel kitchen sink and bathtub.
1963-1974
Blaine spent a bit of time trying to figure out how he was gonna get the Ohio State/Michigan State football game onto our TV. In the end, he had to purchase some kind of box from the campground that would allow us to receive their cable channels. He paid $25 to watch a sad blowout of a game 56-7. Yes, thankfully OSU won, but I always feel sorry for the losing team when they’re beaten so badly.
Blaine told me it’s “Beat T(he) T(eam) U(p) N(orth)”
Me? I spent the day doing domestic things, like mending (as you can see in the cat pictures), and blogging of course.
On Sunday, we livestreamed our Pastor Mike at 9am, then threw on some church clothes and went to worship at the Lookout Valley Baptist Church, where we sat with other visitors – Terri and Terry. What’s with these names lately? LOL!
Tomorrow we move further south!