Living In Extreme Rural Mississippi #1 Photograph by Thisawkwardlife Adcock

Living In Extreme Rural Mississippi #1 is a photograph by Thisawkwardlife Adcock which was uploaded on April 2nd, 2014.

Living In Extreme Rural Mississippi #1

Living in extreme rural Mississippi there are certain disadvantages. However, it is my opinion the advantages far out weigh them. One main advantage... more

by Thisawkwardlife Adcock

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Living In Extreme Rural Mississippi #1

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Thisawkwardlife Adcock

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Living in extreme rural Mississippi there are certain disadvantages. However, it is my opinion the advantages far out weigh them. One main advantage is that I know just about all of the folks that live around me. The ones I don't know personally, I know their Family or know of them.

It's very rare when people come to my house that I do not know. In the nine years we have lived at our present location, I can count on one hand the times actual "Strangers" have knocked on the door.
Usually, when there is a knock, it's somebody we know. So the response has always been, "Come on in!" The other day I'm home alone😱 and there is a knock and I say, "Come on in!" I turn the corner to see a complete stranger standing in my laundry room! He was from out of town and more nervous than I was. It seems that google maps has my driveway marked as a county road and with another address. I knew the person he was looking for so gave him directions to his house. What bothered me most, was the fact I had just carelessly invited him in. Not knowing who or what was on the other side of the door.
We can sometimes be just as careless in the spiritual. I have been guilty of saying "come on in!", to things that I should have asked, "Who's there?" We are constantly bombarded with strange thoughts, trends, and technology. "Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things." Philippians 4:8

Before we invite anything into our spirit, we should test it against the word of God. Now the standard answer when a knock comes is, "Who's There?"

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April 2nd, 2014