Category Archives: Common Sense

I Love God

Posted on 2023/10/16 by JimR, Chaplain

I sit here tonight with nothing in particular on my mind. My wife went off to church for intercessory prayer. I’ve been to a previous evening, but tonight I’ve had all I can do for one day. Being old isn’t … Continue reading →

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Children Are Our Heritage

Posted on 2023/09/23 by JimR, Chaplain

Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. – Psalm 127:3 I have had something that has shifted in my life of late. I drove a school bus when I was … Continue reading →

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Retrospect – There Is No Future In The Past

Posted on 2023/09/04 by JimR, Chaplain

I happen to live in the moment sometimes not thinking about the past or future. Today I woke up from a dream I still have on my mind. It was about my first real love. It was real, but it … Continue reading →

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Why?

Posted on 2023/08/03 by JimR, Chaplain

I’ve dropped the ball on writing. I’m busy with so many other things. Driving a school bus for the summer reading program finished up last Thursday. My wife and I are building a huge deck. It is a major project. … Continue reading →

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Seasons

Posted on 2023/07/21 by JimR, Chaplain

I remember as a young child I loved playing with my toys in the dirt. Then came the day when I realized that wasn’t for me anymore. Then came the day when a bath was necessary because I realized girls … Continue reading →

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Ghost Soldiers

Posted on 2023/05/22 by JimR, Chaplain

To preface this writing I relate here, I can only say if you believe what I’m about to write I will leave that to you, the reader. Some things in life are seemingly so horrific that people today will find … Continue reading →

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God Loves Us

Posted on 2023/04/22 by JimR, Chaplain

Learned a long time ago that God loves us. How do I know? He laid out a plan that will make us succeed at everything we do when we follow it through our relationship with Him and listening to Him. … Continue reading →

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Absent

Posted on 2023/02/12 by JimR, Chaplain

I know. I’ve been absent for a while. My mind has been quiet. I get up every morning and tell God I love Him and He responds likewise. We talk during the day and He assures me all is well … Continue reading →

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Check Yourself First

Posted on 2023/01/16 by JimR, Chaplain

Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates? 6But I trust that ye shall know that we are not … Continue reading →

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Be God’s Vessel in the Earth

Posted on 2023/01/03 by JimR, Chaplain

I take stock of life in general daily. After stopping a moment to tell God that I love Him just for who He is, I look at things around me. I got up this morning as usual to go out … Continue reading →

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