Category Archives: Maturity

Grow Up

Posted on 2023/10/27 by JimR, Chaplain

First and foremost, we must prepare ourselves for the work of the Gospel. If not, what good are we to those we are commissioned to adjure the lost into the fold? Have a ready answer when either in season or … Continue reading →

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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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The Deck

Posted on 2023/08/14 by JimR, Chaplain

Some days I stay just one step ahead of depression. It’s such an annoying part of my life. I’m Christian and you would think I would not have issues, but to be honest no one is without something that dogs … Continue reading →

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Paradymn Shift

Posted on 2023/08/11 by JimR, Chaplain

While talking with my pastor yesterday I was able to grasp something I’ve already realized yet had not verbalized. I’ve considered myself as OCD for many years. That is not something I self-identified so much as what some who know … 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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An Appointment

Posted on 2023/03/19 by JimR, Chaplain

All things aside, once you reach a certain age, and you will, you will consider where you’re going after you shed your shell. Death is not the loss of the body. It is the loss of your soul. Only acceptance … Continue reading →

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Book of Enoch

Posted on 2023/02/14 by JimR, Chaplain

Of all books to delve into I have decided I would take a dive into the Book of Enoch. It was declared not worthy to be kept together with what is described as the Holy inspired Word of God. So … Continue reading →

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The Question of Cheating

Posted on 2022/12/05 by JimR, Chaplain

The question arose by a friend asking which was worse. Was emotional involvement or having physical sex worse when it comes to cheating? Emotions and hormones start the process. The act is the culmination of the thoughts being processed to … Continue reading →

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