front porch living

A world on fire. From the looks of this picture you might think the world is on fire. This brilliant experience was rather quite simple. It came while I was standing on my front porch. I find that quite often incredible experiences can take place on the front porch. Would that work for a book title " The Amazing Life While Living on the Front Porch. " Actually my porch is about a 3X3 piece of concrete. If it was up to me every house would come equipped with the most massive porch.
Here's the reason. Cuz people wouldn't be in such a dang rush to get away from their house if they had a huge front porch. I mean, back in the day when I wore one of those full length pajama outfits I remember the porch is where the center of life took place. People actually sat down to talk to others. Every second I'd hear a holler from someone on the street and soon enough you know where theywould end up ...talking on the front porch. If I was a door to door salesman I'd push the government to install porches on all houses cuz people are a lot more prone to talk to ya out on their porch than they are to invite you in. Front porch livin' takes time to deal with the most important things in life - notably relationships. I bet nearly 50% of all marriages in the South probably got their start on a front porch. Think about what really means the most. Is it a what or is it a who? Does it require money or sacrifice? I'm finding out why so many people loved hanging out with Jesus.
He was a front porch kind of guy. He knew what was most important - Having compassion for people and spending time with them. He probably was the one who thought up the porch idea cuz He knew that if we all had porches we would take more time to speak with those who are around us. Jesus was just so dang good at being a best friend. And talk about loving strangers. The guy never met one. Cuz He saw everyone with love. And that my friend, is what changes people's hearts. I can show all the tricks in the world and have all the goodies this world offers, but if I have not love then its useless. Maybe I need to find more porches to hang out on...