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Category Archives: Sobering Thoughts
Culmination
From the age of 13 I knew I was called to the ministry. I would lie in my bed at night and preach to the dark ceiling in my bedroom before turning over to sleep. I had not even made … Continue reading
Change of Season
Ah! what a beautiful fall day! I love the fall more than the other seasons. Can’t pinpoint a specific reason why, but I could try. Spring has its hopes of new growth under the warmth of the early rising sun. … Continue reading
Paradigm Shift
Next week I will be sixty eight years old. Life has truly been gracious to me even with the struggles that have been salted into it. Lately, I have sensed a change of direction coming. Doors are slowly closing. My … Continue reading
Broken
I Cor 11:24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. Jesus spoke the words for his disciples and all … Continue reading
An Open Hand
Ahhhh! I find myself sitting in my living room on the couch for the first time in almost a week with a clear mind. So much has happened in this past week. A week ago an impending hurricane had everyone … Continue reading
Posted in Abundant life, Christian, Cooking, Family, Health, Home, Love, Memories, Old Age, Ponderings, Possibilities, Sobering Thoughts, Spiritual, Spiritual Investments, Weather
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My Old Bible
I’m told the best way to spot a counterfeit dollar bill is to study the real one. If anything else doesn’t add up you will readily spot it. That’s a true test of the false. I knew things about the … Continue reading
My Story
My wife, Libby, and I went to a concert last Thursday evening. This song has stuck in my heart. The song Blessed Assurance chorus is tucked neatly away with it. I hope what I share here can be understood. I … Continue reading
Posted in Abundant life, Christian, church, Death, Memories, Music, Ponderings, Sobering Thoughts, Spiritual
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A Rainy Monday
What else can be added to a note with this title. I personally find it a day to reflect a bit. My eyes opened this morning around six fifteen with the morning light peering in around the window curtains, and … Continue reading
Posted in Days in Small, Family, Home, Memories, Old Age, Ponderings, Sobering Thoughts, Spiritual Investment, Work
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Lost Possibilities
While watching a documentary called Anne Frank’s Holocaust on the History Channel this morning while sitting wrapped up on the couch one comment cemented itself in my mind. “The loss of a child is the loss of possibilities”. As many … Continue reading
Dangling Participle
I’m nowhere near the end, although I know some people who would consider me knocking on death’s door. Continue reading
Posted in Christian, church, Death, Dreams, Family, Health, Home, Old Age, Ponderings, Sobering Thoughts, Spiritual Investment
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