Bob and I went to the county fair this year and got to enjoy some of the music for the first time in many years. As we were sitting there enjoying the music, we were looking around to see if there was anyone we knew.
Now I have to explain something here. Everywhere we go, if it's to Forsyth or Florida, or anywhere in-between, Bob or I will see somebody we think looks like someone we know. I'm always saying "Doesn't that person over there look like so-and-so?" Bob will almost always answer, "Yes, but that's not them," to which I always reply, "I know it's not them, but doesn't it look like them?"
We were looking around, and I thought I saw somebody sitting across the way that looked like one of our cousins. I said to Bob, "Doesn't that look like Jessie Case sitting over there?"
Bob looked and said, "Yeah, it does look like her, but that's not her." We sat there a few seconds longer, looking at the woman, and Bob said, "That woman does look like Jessie, but what's even funnier is that man sitting beside her looks like Exie," (her husband). I agreed that he did look a lot like Exie, but that it wasn't him, either.
About then, as we were kind of staring at them, I noticed they were looking at us. We felt embarrassed because we'd been staring and they had noticed, so we tried to look away and concentrate on the music, but of course we had to keep looking over there, and every time we looked, they were looking at us.
Finally, I said to Bob, "Let's just get up and walk over that way closer to where they are sitting, to make sure it's not them", so we started over that way. The closer we got to them, we could tell that it was in fact, Exie and Jessie sitting there, and as we got close to them, we all started laughing.
It seems that awhile we were sitting there trying to decide if they were who we thought they were, they were sitting over there doing the same. They said that they thought that was us, and one of them said, "That looks like Bob sitting over there, but I don't know if it is or not," and then, "That looks like Karen sitting there beside him, but I don't know." We had a good laugh about the whole thing, and then had a good visit; since we hadn't seen them in so long we weren't sure what they looked like!
Another time years ago, we got an invitation in the mail to come to a certain restaurant in Branson at a certain time and listen to a sales pitch for a timeshare property and even if we didn't want to buy what he was selling, we would receive a FREE barbecue grill, just for listening. We thought this was a pretty good deal, getting a FREE grill just for listening to a sales pitch, so we went.
When we got there, the man took us into the back dining room of the restaurant, which wasn't being used at that time. It was dimly lit, but we could see that it was enormous.
As he was trying to interest us in buying a timeshare vacation property, my mind started to drift, as usual. I started looking around. I noticed that there was another couple and salesman seated at another table 4-5 tables away, directly to the side of where we were sitting.
When I looked over that way, the lady sitting at that table glanced at me, also. I didn't want to seem rude for staring so I turned away from her and focused my attention back on the salesman. Something about her seemed familiar though and every little bit I would glance back that way. I did notice that every time I glanced at her, she was glancing at me.
Finally the salesman was through talking, after trying unsuccessfully to sell us a timeshare package, so he brought us our FREE barbecue grill (That thing was nice, we could get about 4 small hamburgers at a time on it, but hey, it was FREE!) and we stood up to leave.
When I looked over at the other table where the other couple was sitting, they were getting up to leave also. I decided to be polite and smile at the woman since I had been stealing glances at her for awhile, and you know, she was so friendly, she grinned back at me at the exact same time. Bob started laughing and brought my attention to the fact that I was looking into a mirror that ran across the whole end of the dining room! Duh! It was so dimly lit that I hadn't noticed the mirror, or just how much the couple looked like us, because I didn't want to be rude and stare!
This was just a funny little story, but the point is that you can be fooled by what you see and perceive to be the truth. Don't take everything at face value, but examine it closely to see if it is true or not. Stay close to God and stay grounded in His Word. Spend much time in prayer and study of the Scriptures, and the truth will become known to you (II Timothy 2:15, II Timothy 3:16, 17, Acts 17:11)
You still might get fooled into thinking you see somebody you know, or getting fooled by a mirror, but a good pair of glasses will help with that!
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