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Sometimes it's best to
walk a loose horse
back into the barn
than to let it roam about
eating everyone's apples.
It's the same with claiming
the crick was high.*
In the end,
you'd be better off
leaving it at God willin'
if you even think for a
minute
your promise might not see
the next day's sun.
James 4:13-15
*"Lord
willing and the creek
don't rise" is a southern
states expression meaning
"if
God wills it and nothing
unfore-
seen prevents it," implying
that
the success of a plan or
inten-
tion is contingent on unforeseen
circumstances preventing
it.
The expression is thought
to have
originated in Northern Florida,
Georgia, Alabama, and Southern
Tennessee. In other words,
it's a
way of acknowledging that
plans
are subject to the whims
of fate
or divine intervention,
and that
things may not always go
as
expected. The saying gained
popu-
larity in the 20th century,
partly
due to its use by Tennessee
Ernie
Ford as a sign-off for his
televi-
sion shows. |
