My Lord and Savior Merlot

June 11, 2014 By: Juanita Jean Herownself Category: Uncategorized

Actual Sign on my way home from Austin —

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And the actual real building that goes with it.

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It just seems a little disappointing.

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  1. Boy, did that flip a lid on old down deep memories! Back in my youth which was spent percentage wise in another country, there was in that country – or at least in that dime size area I was in – a missionary outfit called the Vineyard Society. They were in the business of attracting soulful people to become volunteer bible belters someplace else in the world. Haven’t heard of them since the end of World War II. But JJ, I think your notion is the better one! Merlot it is!

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  2. Lorraine in Spring says:

    Is that building just crooked or drunk?

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  3. maryelle says:

    Sorry, but the Lord’s vineyard should contain
    wells not vines. The water is changed to wine
    in a very simple, yet elegant process. Some might call it a miracle. No need for aging, distillation, yeast or vats. Ask the wedding planners in Caana.

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  4. daChipster says:

    As I recall, the workers in the vineyard in the parable were paid a living wage no matter how much they worked that day – all day, half a day or the last hour. Somehow I doubt that’s what is being preached here.

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  5. Marge Wood says:

    Maybe that building is the widow’s mite: “She did what she could do”.

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  6. Well, my first thought when I saw that house was: Older people tend to downsize, and, of course the Lord is pretty old.

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  7. daChipster says:

    I’m sure its filled with widows (black) and mites…

    …and ticks and termites and the odd scorpion or two.

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  8. Aggieland liz says:

    I beg to differ witcha maryelle, but yeast landing in grape juice and dying off at a reasonable 14%-ish alcohol yielding yet another potable (moreso!) substance seems very miraculous to me. Conservationist, too. The grapes do their thing, the yeast do their thing and nothing goes to waste; even the debris is compostable! We walk right past neat little happenings daily… the Caana “late wine” WAS meant to be the really good stuff though!! 😉

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  9. Marge Wood says:

    Grin. Or you could do what I accidentally did once in college, before we had in room refrigerators. I stuck a bottle of grape juice under the sink and forgot it. When I finally found it, it had a nice layer of clear alcohol at the top. Probably could have lit it with a match. Thanks, Aggieland Liz.

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  10. Marge Wood, if you had kept that bottle under the sink a little longer it would have changed back into grapes just outa frustration!

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