Category Archives: Ponderings

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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Sin

Posted on 2023/03/13 by JimR, Chaplain

The definition of sin as I have learned it is anything that derails or is contrary to the principles of God. God’s principles are perfect without fault. Sin is dastardly, yet simply nothing more than the act against those principles … Continue reading →

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“I Have Known You” – God

Posted on 2023/02/25 by JimR, Chaplain

Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be. – Psalm 139:16 In the original, the word “unformed” means He saw us in our … 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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God’s Counsel

Posted on 2022/12/25 by JimR, Chaplain

A quick note before I sign off for the day. In the world, it’s been a day for all to stop and give thought to a baby that was born. This baby grew up to be a man that was … Continue reading →

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2022

Posted on 2022/12/23 by JimR, Chaplain

As the year draws to a close I find myself sitting alone at four twenty in the morning wondering what became of this year. It has slipped by in such a manner that bewilders my senses So much has transpired. … Continue reading →

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Keep Going

Posted on 2022/12/16 by JimR, Chaplain

God has opened so many doors in the last twelve to thirteen years I’m amazed. Before that time I was seemingly on a constant downhill slide. That slide culimated in a crash for me whole life. It came to a … 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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What Qualifies a Ministry

Posted on 2022/11/12 by JimR, Chaplain

This may be a short post. But we shall see. My wife asked me a question this afternoon as to what qualifies someone to be called by a ministerial name. First I have to refer to Eph 4:11-12 And he … Continue reading →

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The Thread of Relationship

Posted on 2022/11/12 by JimR, Chaplain

These last few weeks I’ve discovered something new. Don’t ever say you have arrived with the end of knowledge. That’s like saying you’ve finally seen everything to the end of the internet. I’ve been constantly evolving in knowledge of what … Continue reading →

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