Not that Dr. John

Saying for the Day- If you tell a lie, always rehearse it. If it don't sound good to you, it won't sound good to anybody.Leroy 'Satchel' Paige

I am sitting her wondering who this DR. John I read about on blogs yesterday is. I know it isn’t me. He , the Dr. John on the blogs, is a candidate for Sainthood. While, me, this Dr. John who blogs, is a sinner who asks God for forgiveness every night for the things I did that I shouldn’t have and the things I didn’t do that I should have. You haven’t seen that Dr. John. But that’s ok . I don’t want you to see me as I really am because then you might not love me. In fact you might not even like me. None of us really wants others to see us as we really are.
The nonsense of the week , however, did remind me of one important truth. There is one who has come as close to seeing the real me as anyone can or ever will. The good news is she still loves me.
A long time ago God looked down and said to His angels. “I have a job for that Linna guy but there is no way that he can do it on his own . So I’ll send someone to show him what my love is like. Someone to set an example of real faith. Someone to love him as he is with all his faults and all his sins. “
So he sent Betty. And for all these years she has been my teacher in the faith, my partner in the task. One who knows Dr. John , who is both Saint and sinner. One who has loved me no matter what.
Now if that isn’t a miracle. I don’t know what is.

#### News from Pigeon Falls-The little town in my basement where the trains still run, dragons fly, and life is back to normal. Kivi&Maki has the big sign in their window that counts down to Christmas. They have also added an extra toy section. Not as good as those big department stores but good for Pigeon Falls. The kids are all excited. Soon they will not only have a week off from the school prison but they will have new junk to play with during the week. Christmas is a win , win situation for them. For Wink’s Woods and Kivi&Maki it is a chance to increase sales. They sell more in the month of December than any other month of the year.Kivi&Maki even expect to sell that horrible talking Moose head. Some lucky fellow will find it under his tree this Christmas.
The start of that count down puts pressure on the Pastors and the Priest. They know they are expected to write the super sermon for Christmas. If somebody only goes to church once a year they have a right to expect that the one time will be super. That expectation puts a lot of pressure on the preacher. So the preachers of Pigeon Falls are getting ready.
Petrovich and his wife are getting ready to travel to Green Bay so that he can worship in the Russian Orthodox church there. He goes every Christmas and every Easter. During the year he sometimes worships with the Lutherans and sometimes with the Catholics but in his heart he will always be a Russian Orthodox as were his parents and their parents. Once he even considered becoming a Russian Orthodox Priest. But then he decided that God had more important work for him to do.
*****

Today's Link-Assistant Blog- A man pays to have a song written for his dead cat.
Today we mailed out four of the items I sold on eBay and Margaret's prize from last week ( nobody ever said I was fast). Betty and I spent most of the day working in the basement. She is sorting houses for the layout and trying to find the skating rink. I am laying track and doing some wiring. Little by little it is coming together. Though it looks like I have to pull one table and shorten the legs ( much easier than making them longer). Now I need a breathing treatment.
GBYA