A POOL IN ARIZONA

Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Not everybody in Arizona has a swimming pool—it only seems like they do.

Everybody on our street has one.

There was a time when I thought that everybody who owned a pool was rich. Therefore, I never thought I would own a pool. Since I was going to be a preacher I knew I would never be rich. I believed the old deacon’s prayer: “Lord, give us a preacher. Give us one humble. Give us one poor. You keep him humble Lord, we’ll keep him poor.”

I also had always heard that pools were a lot of trouble but a lot of fun. It’s true they can be a pain, but they are not as much trouble as I thought. It’s also true that they are a lot of fun. They are more fun than I thought.

In some parts of the country it costs a lot of money to heat a pool—not in Arizona!

I used to think, “The brethren don’t want me to have a pool because most of them don’t have one.” Well, moving to Arizona took care of that.

So…….if you will excuse me for awhile, I think I’ll go for a swim.