Friday Evening Prayer

Jesus went out again by the sea... As he was walk-ing along, he saw Levi and he said to him “Follow me.” (Mark 2:13-14)  

I was so excited to use this picture that I had found on Dottie T’s Facebook page after her trip to Brazil.... The trouble was, when I went to look up the exact wording of the passage it said that Levi was SITTING AT THE TAX BOOTH! So much for fishermen and fishing boats.... We’re not talkin’ Andrew or James or John or Peter. Oh well, chalk it up to poetic license... it’s been a long and a hard day. 

 Jesus WAS walking BY the sea and surely there WERE fishing boats nearby...  And who knows but these could BE Peter’s or John’s boats... They ARE for sale after all!  As The Tomato Vendetta by Mason Williams says  “this is not a true tale, but who needs truth  if it’s dull?” 

The Tomato Vendetta – Mason Williams (1964)

Album: Hand Made (1964)

This song’s about the Tomato Vendetta, 

and the tale of a man who let a

Hate for tomatoes cause him strife,

He lost his job, wife, home, car, kids, and life.

He’d go downtown to buy some groceries,

He went because his family was hungry,

He always bought red meat and potatoes

But he wouldn’t touch those ugly tomatoes…

He didn’t know why he hated tomatoes,

They were just as ugly as far as ugly goes, 

There in the store, when no-one was watchin’,

He’d set melons on them and laugh at their squashin’.

One night after shopping and on his way home,

His loathing for tomatoes cut to the bone,

He just couldn’t stand the strain any more,

He vowed to destroy the Tomato Horde.

He turned around, and viciously hopin’

The grocery stores would still be open,

His eyes grew cold, for he was a man,

Whose Moment of Truth lay close at hand.

All over town, in every store, 

Tomatoes were hurt and spilled on the floor,

Big melons, and turkeys, and large sacks of grits,

Were dumped on their sections to mash them to bits.

At the last store he finished his plan,

But on his way out, a delivery van,

Full of big ripe Tomatoes drove in and hit him,

Tomato Vendetta had claimed its victim.

The incident of the Tomato Vendetta,

Caused a sensation that was something that the

Public could relish, and readily snatch-up,

Popularly known as the t-o-m-a-t-o k-e-t-c-h-u-p….

So I guess after all that the song isn't even  not the Tomato vendetta!  That's the kind of a day it's been all right., But it IS another Mason William's song. I'm sure.