Seeds from a Scarlet Sister

Seeds from a Scarlet Sister ~

Isaiah 1:18 says "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow..."

I mischeviously call myself a 'Scarlet Sister in Christ'. From the world's perspective, I am scarlet because of my sins. I am far from being a perfect person (let alone Christian) in any way, shape, or form. But from Christ's perspective, I'm scarlet by the blood of his redemption. His salvation that transformed my scarletest of sins to the whitest of snows. Though I may still fumble and fall, I am forgiven. And what I long to share with others through my writings on this "Life with Autism" blog I'm writing, are the seeds of hope, humor, healing.

No matter how scarlet our sins, no matter how stained the world that we live in, no matter how difficult the journey we're on, - as long as God is our Savior, he will be with us. He will love us. He will never forsake us.

Some days I just marvel at that.

Michelle M. Guppy

July 26, 2010

No Humans Allowed!


I'm not sure why this sign got my attention as it did --- maybe it's because each day that I walk this trail, a new human "rule" sign pops up.

I mean really....

Isn't it time that nature put up it's own sign for us that reads:  NO HUMANS ALLOWED!

Really, you don't know how much I want to make one and post it next to that.

It's a nature trail that I walk on daily, one where I've never even seen a horse. 
So what if one walks it?  I would love to pet one as it trotts by!
What's so threatening about horse poop?
The ingredients in vaccinations, the air, the water -- emit more toxins than having a pile of horse poop on a nature trail.

It'll degrade people!

Are we worried about crimes committed by horses on nature trails?

I would venture that more humans kill humans on nature trails.

I just don't get it.

Just where in nature, can you ride a horse these days?

It's almost as bad trying to find an open place to let your dog run.

Each week a new "all pets must be on leashes" sign appears omewhere on the trail.

Really?

I think it's the spoiled rotten bratty undisciplined kids let loose on the trail that nearly knock you over blaring past you on their skates, bikes, or skateboards -- that need to be on a leash; --- not the dogs that never bother anyone.


"Please pick up after your pet" -- stations all over as well.

Really?

Again, it degrades.

How long again does it take for those water bottles, fast food wrappers, and beer cans to degrade that I see more of along the trail than dog poop?

Instead of poop naturally degrading within a week or less if it rains, we have piles of poop in plastic bags sitting in metal cans taking years to degrade...

At a nature trail.

I guess I'm the only one who sees the humor in that.

I'm just sayin...

I'm not for a Kentucky Derby practice on my nature trail, nor would I be fond of a pit bull fight training session either.

But I just don't think the horses and dogs are the problem....

And it's not their waste that's unsightly.

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