For the longest time I thought “Ebenezer” was a cup. Not just any cup, mind you, one of those old drinking vessels that might also be called goblet or chalice. My reasoning, you see, was all based on the hymn, “Here I raise mine Ebenezer, hither by thy help I’m come.” To my little girl ears, it sounded like someone was proposing a toast, glass in hand to having made it so far. I know better now, but I still feel as if I am far more likely to toast how far I’ve made it than to set a large stone on end. But truthfully, I’m not very likely to do either. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not slighting the role God has had in bringing me as far as I am. And it’s not a lack of gratitude that turns me into being one of the nine lepers who never returned to thank Jesus for his healing. (At least, not always.) Instead, I’ve found that many times I don’t want to draw attention to what God has done for me because I worry it will make others feel as if I am intimating that I am a favor
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1. Would it have made a difference if it was _strawberry_ milk?
2. Would it have been different if it had been splatters from a _scoop_ of chocolate ice cream
3. Have you considered going to Baskin Robbins instead? We went there yesterday and the lady was really nice and offered one of us a job if only he had the use of two hands.
4. This is not a question but a recommendation. Buy a big tub of Haggen-Dasz strawberry and eat it at home. I love this so much that I don't buy it at all but if I did, I would not spill a drop.
1) I think it would make a difference with strawberry milk because I think that stains less than chocolate.
2) Scooped chocolate icecream usually is firm enough that you have some time before it becomes one with your shirt.
3) I would love to go to Baskin Robbins. I was at Hometown Buffet and I realized that everyone there was VERY serious about their food. No one seemed happy to be getting food.
4) I have decided that the closest thing to the perfect dessert is the Toll House brownie mint bars. A brownie topped with mint icecream covered in hard chocolate. It is like the perfect mix of all of my favorites... mint 'n chip icecream, hard chocolate, icecream sandwich, brownie, and chocolate. What more could you want? Okay, I think I could want it to be a little less pricey.