Christ Like

Earlier this week I heard a question on the television that got me to thinkin.
"What are one of the ways we can be Christ Like?" I got to thinkin and while
doing so the phone rang and it was good old Mom. Listenin in on one of our phone
conversations could confuse Confucius. We go from here to there and a
little of everywhere. Well just out of the blue she asked me "Where does
Vinegar come from?" I was caught off guard and had no clue. I said I think
it must come from a vine with the first three letters being "VIN". So I told
her that I would Google it and find out later. She said she had to go to Hospice
for some volunteer work and told me to email her the answer. I went to good
old Wikopedia for the answer and this is it....

"Vinegar is made from the oxidation of ethanol by acetic acid bacteria. The
ethanol may be derived from many different sources including wine, cider, beer
or fermented fruit juice, or it may be made synthetically from natural gas and
petroleum derivatives[3].
Commercial vinegar is produced either by fast or slow fermentation processes.
Slow methods generally are used with traditional vinegars and fermentation
proceeds slowly over the course of weeks or months. The longer fermentation
period allows for the accumulation of a nontoxic slime composed of acetic acid
bacteria and soluble cellulose, known as the mother of vinegar."

Mom wrote back......
Thank you very much. I had a very sudden burst of energy yesterday to clean the
inside and outside of my bedroom windows. My mama always said use a little
vinegar in your rinse water to make your windows shine- I remembered her advise
and sure enough - did the trick. Unknowingly, dipping my hands in the vinegar
water did something else - cleaned my rings to a brilliant shine. Even the
tiniest diamonds in my ring blinged blinged. So there - its good to remember
Mama's advice. Maybe that's why the nontoxic slime is known as the "mother" in
vinegar. Something to think about. Have a good day - I'm off to the cycle
class then to Hospice to take my negative TB test to them and maybe take care of
some laundry while I'm there. PS- Nancy said she uses vinegar in her mop water
for her hardwood floors. By the way, I don't suggest putting your hands in the
mop water just to clean your jewelry."

Mom is a Volunteer at Hospice and goes over a couple of days a week to help out. She
loves going over to see "her ladies". As you can see when we get into a conversation it can
go in any direction at anytime. That's when I learn something about her usually that I never
knew or something about our family tree. From what I can tell our tree is full of volunteers
that go way back. People that serve their fellow man and do it whole heartedly. It is evident
on both side of my family tree. They do it without regards to fame or fortune. Sometimes
giving their life in the process. That my friends is what we call being Christ like. To think
of others before yourself and that is something to be proud of as I am. So to ancestors
who fought in wars bravely like the one written about by Elizabeth Rucker in her book
"History of the Hoyle Family" written in 1933-

"Lieutenant John Hoyle, fought the
Cherokee Indians before the Revolutionary War and thus gained his title of Lieutenant.
He was a young man and always fought with Col. Hambright before and during the Revolutionary War.
The consensus of opinion was, among the older generations, that Lieutenant John Hoyle was on the
northern side of Kings Mountain with Colonel Hambright's men."

to my Mom who stays busy with Hospice and Church functions and my Brother John who gave
so much time to helping young men learn in the Boy Scouts of America through Troop 160 in
Thomasville, To the whole Sudderth clan in Montezuma, North Carolina tucked away in the
beautiful mountains who are volunteer firemen, paramedics and rescue personnel. My cousin
Roger Byrd who drives out of the way to sit with me and talk about life once a week after
he gets off from work,
I want to thank you for helping to make me a better person and being Christ Like by
giving of yourselves. Well until next time get ya some vinager and shine yer bling bling.

Stan the Ramblin Man