Love a Boll Weevil

<p>Bonnye learned the reason she went to church was to worship God when she was young. Her great aunt Katy explained God was holy and invisible. She defined holy. At the word holy Bonnye was hooked. She had to know more. She learned basic Christianity as her family lived temporarily with her great grandmother and Katy waiting for her dad to return from England following the end of World War II. When Katy went to evening church she took Bonnye with her. Bonnye asked to accompany her and seemed to entertain herself quietly there at some distance but where she could be seen.</p><p></p><p>After dinner Bonnye and Katy would spend time with Christian teaching. She was: learning about Jesus and why He was important; listening to Katy tell the old Bible stories; singing children's hymns; memorizing answers from the Westminster Catechism for Children; learning parts of the church building; and so on. Bonnye devoured the information as a starving one eats a first meal slowly and with intense attention. Bonnye as one of Jesus' sheep was quietly talking with God a joy she'd experience for the rest of her life. As Jesus had said My sheep hear my voice. She heard.</p><p></p><p>At age six Bonnye learned that God had a future assignment for her. Some seventy years later He told her: produce a book to share with others what we've experienced together. Bonnye will tell you I live with one foot in the physical world and the other in the spiritual world. I may be different but I'm the happiest person I know. Bonnye's future assignment for the Lord became <em>Love a Boll Weevil: And Other Lessons God Taught Me.</em> This is that book.</p>