~Daily Devotion 5th~

(Nehemiah 8:10)
"The Joy Of The Lord, Is Your Strength."

(Proverbs 17:22)
"A Merry Heart Does Good, Like Medicine, But A Broken Spirit Dries The Bones."

I was born in Louisiana, but migrated to North Caroliana 32 years ago, but I know how Louisiana Food should taste. I travel back to Louisiana each year, sereval times during the years. I have family that lives in Louisiana. As many of you know, I spent about 4 and 1/2 months there last year with my mama before she took her journery home to Heaven.

When I go to a restaurant outside of Louisiana and the menu says, "Cajun," I just shiver all over. I know, that I know, that it is not going to taste like real Louisiana Cajun style food.

Hey, there are even Resturants in Lousisiana that do not cook Cajun food correctly. Been there and told them about it. My sister and I went to a place to eat Seafood and I order catfish filets. When the food arrived and I took my first bite, I looked at my sister and said, "This is not catfish!" She tasted it an agreed. Anyway that is another story.

Now listen, us county people from Louisiana we still cooked at Southerners do anywhere, as we prepare field peas, okra, cornbread and good old county foods, but when you cook Gumbo, Jambaylia, and other Cajun foods it is different.

I thought I would give you a little history on Louisiana. We even have a few ways we say words a little different, including spelling. Tonight I thought I would give you a laugh as I laugh at myself. After a day like today, I thought we all need a lighthearted devotion today.

A few things I learned about LOUISIANA....

Armadillos sleep in the middle of the road with
their feet in the air.

There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 live in
Louisiana.

There are 10,000 types of spiders and all 10,000
live in Louisiana, plus a couple no one's seen
before.

Possums will eat anything.

Armadillos love to dig holes under tomato plants.

Raccoons will test your crop of melons and let you
know when they are ripe.

If it grows, it sticks; if it crawls, it bites.

A tractor is NOT an all-terrain vehicle. They do get
stuck.

Onced and Twiced are words.

It is not a shopping cart, it is a buggy.

Fire ants consider your flesh as a picnic.

People actually grow and eat okra.

Fixinto is one word.

A tank is a dirt hole in the ground that holds water
for irrigation, watterin' the cows, swimming, or a
weekly bath.

There ain't no such thing as "lunch". There's only
Breakfast, dinner and then there's supper.

Coffee is appropriate for all meals and you start
drinking it when you're 2 years old.

Backwards and forwards means I know everything about
you.

'Je'et? is actually a phrase meaning "Did you eat?"

You don't have to wear a watch because it doesn't
matter what time it is. You work until you're done
or it's too dark to see.

Darn near everyone knows 5 or more cloud types
(guess they got to be look'n out for them there
ternayders- translation: tornadoes)

You know you're from LOUISIANA if....

1. You measure distance in minutes.

2. You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in
the same day.

3. Stores don't have bags, they have sacks.

4. You see a car running in the parking lot at the
store with no one in it, no matter what time of the
year.

5. You use "fix" as a verb. Example: I am fixing to
go to the store.

6. All the festivals across the state are named
after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect or animal.

7. You install security lights on your house and
garage and leave both unlocked.

8. You carry jumper cables in your car ... for your
OWN car.

9. You know what "cow tipping" is.

10. You only own four spices: salt, pepper, ketchup,
and Tabasco.

11. The local paper covers national and
international news on one page but requires 6 pages
for local gossip and sports.

12. You think that the first day of deer season is a
national holiday.

13. You find 100 degrees F "a little warm."

14. You know all four seasons: Almost summer,
summer, still summer, and Christmas.

15. Going to Wal-Mart is a favorite past-time known
as "goin wal-martin" or off to "Wally World."

16. You describe the first cool snap (below 70
degrees) as good chili weather.

17. A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola, or
pop ... it's a Coke, regardless of brand or flavor.
Example: "What kinda coke you want?"

18. You understand these jokes and forward them to
your friends from Louisiana, as well of those who will read them and say, HUH?

Joe and Pat eating Crawfish

Written By: Pastor Pat Aman

Study Notes: The New King James Bible

Blessing, Love and Prayers,

Pastor Pat

Devotion Written By: Pastor Pat Aman Book © 1996/2009 "Coffee With Pat Daily Devotionals"

Study Notes: The New King James Bible