Category Archives: Sobering Thoughts

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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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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Grow Up

Posted on 2022/10/31 by JimR, Chaplain

A comparison I read this morning of how the world and Christians approach people is correct to a good degree. The world can be more forgiving than a lot of Christians. I commented that maturity is the key to turning … Continue reading →

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Ebb and Flow

Posted on 2022/10/16 by JimR, Chaplain

I’m not a prolific writer. I have to have unction. Either God gives me something to write or I have something in my spirit that is edging me to the keys on my laptop. Feeling the need to write is … Continue reading →

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Where Do You Walk?

Posted on 2022/07/21 by JimR, Chaplain

This will be a short post today. This thought came from a post on FB. Romans 8:1 – “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the … Continue reading →

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The Good Ole Days

Posted on 2022/06/07 by JimR, Chaplain

I’ve been watching just like anyone else and this is what’s likely going to happen. I was born on a farm. We were as poor as some of the dirt we planted in. We had a horse, mule, and a … Continue reading →

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Not Negotiable

Posted on 2022/06/05 by JimR, Chaplain

When I went to church this morning I knew the service was to congratulate the graduates. I was one of those. I go to Atlanta, GA the 24th of June 2022 to walk the stage to receive my papers to … Continue reading →

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