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Category Archives: Common Sense
Taking Stock
Hello again. Summer break from driving a school bus is coming to an end in a couple of weeks. I keep forging ahead. Today, I feel the need to take stock of where I am with God. I think we … Continue reading
Posted in Absolute(s), Abundant life, Biblical teaching, Christian, Common Sense, Follow God, God's Calling, God's direction, God's Guidance, Marriage, Maturity, Mental Health, More of God, Old Age, Priorities, repentance, Respect for Life, Salvation, Sobering Thoughts, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth
Tagged bible, christianity, Completeness, faith, god, jesus, Marriage, More of God, repentence, Salvation
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I’ve Grown Quiet
I’ve been quiet for a good while now. Inner turmoil has been my portion. I love structure, and driving a school bus has helped me to keep depression away. During the summer break, I need to maintain a schedule of … Continue reading
Posted in Christian, church, Common Sense, Divorce, Family, Follow God, God's Calling, God's direction, God's Guidance, Growing up, Hope, Marriage, Maturity, Mental Health, More of God, Old Age, Priorities, Salvation, Sobering Thoughts, Soulmate, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth
Tagged bible, christianity, faith, Family, god, jesus, life, old age, Salvation
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Getting Older
Old people like me try to side-step getting old by not saying “I’m old”, but saying I’m older. That doesn’t sound like much, but it says a lot. It’s a non-admission of getting old. I’m presently 74 years old. I … Continue reading
Posted in Abundant life, Biblical teaching, Christian, Christian Mission, Common Sense, Death, Failure Not An Option, Follow God, God's direction, God's Guidance, Hope, Maturity, Old Age, Ponderings, Salvation, Sobering Thoughts, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Investments
Tagged bible, christianity, death, faith, god, jesus, life, old age, Salvation, Work
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Life Is Changing
It’s been a long time since my last post. I have changed so much in my absence from this blog of mine. I once thought I had it all together. I’m pretty sure I did. What changed? I got lax … Continue reading
Posted in Abundant life, Biblical teaching, Christian, Christian Mission, Common Sense, Death, Follow God, God's Calling, God's direction, Growing up, Hope, Love, Mental Health, Mission Work, More of God, Old Age, Patience, Ponderings, Possibilities, Priorities, Righteous alarm, Salvation, Sobering Thoughts, Spiritual, Spiritual Gits, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Investments
Tagged bible, christianity, death, faith, god, jesus, life, old age, Work
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To Be Continued
Some days I wish to cry. Like today. I have an overwhelming urge to leap into depression. I have no energy to do anything. Yet in all of it, I hear God speak. In the previous post, I wrote about … Continue reading
Posted in Christian, Common Sense, Follow God, God's direction, God's Guidance, Ponderings, Salvation, Sobering Thoughts
Tagged christianity, faith, god, jesus, Salvation
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New Facet on Salvation
I’ve been away a while. It’s not because I have not been thinking about things. I have. I do not write these thoughts down because I work a regular job that is quite an energy drain. I can’t seem to … Continue reading
Posted in Common Sense, Failure Not An Option, Follow God, God's Calling, God's Guidance, More of God, Patience, Ponderings, Priorities, Salvation, Sobering Thoughts, Spiritual
Tagged bible, christianity, faith, jesus, Salvation
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Not Man, But God
With the general view of so much offence in the world today I would suggest reading “The Bait of Satan”. It deals with the spirit of offence. As I watch the world descend into a whirlpool of offence it has … Continue reading
And Darkness Covered the Earth
Isaiah 60:1-3 Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you. 2For behold, darkness covers the earth, and thick darkness is over the peoples; but the LORD will rise upon you, and His … Continue reading
Posted in Biblical teaching, Common Sense, Patience, Ponderings, Respect for Life, Righteous alarm, Sobering Thoughts, Spiritual
Tagged bible, christianity, faith, god, jesus
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That’s Growth
A friend asked me to pray for her. She says she has anger issues, and the devil is after her. Here’s my advice. Eliminate the devil from the perspective. I told her to look at it for what it is. … Continue reading
God Doesn’t Change
Just an observation. I was letting my mind do it’s usual. Throwing things around in my head about how we view God today. A thought came up that made me stop and think. God is God. Right? He says He … Continue reading
Posted in Absolute(s), Biblical teaching, Christian, Common Sense, Follow God, Ponderings, Random Thoughts, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth
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