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Category Archives: Sobering Thoughts
Dogs are Man’s Best Friend
I’ve always said that God doesn’t give us more than we can handle. But after reading the following, you’ll see what I just realized. Cheyenne “Watch out! You nearly broad sided that car!” My father yelled at me. “Can’t you … Continue reading
Posted in Home, Hope, Love, Memories, Mental Health, Old Age, Patience, Ponderings, Random Thoughts, Respect for Life, Retirement, Sobering Thoughts, Spiritual
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Don’t Give Up
I’ve not been writing much lately. The summer projects consumed my wife and me. We built a deck and my wife is trying to finish up her sidewalk project. A friend came and put in the sliding glass door for … Continue reading
Posted in Abundant life, Biblical teaching, Christian Mission, Common Sense, Death, Divorce, Failure Not An Option, Follow God, God's Calling, God's direction, God's Guidance, Growing up, Health, Maturity, More of God, Old Age, Ponderings, Possibilities, Priorities, Respect for Life, Retirement, Sobering Thoughts, Spiritual Growth
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More About Growing Up
Hebrews 6:1 – Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith in God, 2instruction about baptisms the laying on of hands, … Continue reading
Grow Up
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
I Love God
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
Posted in Abundant life, Biblical teaching, Christian Mission, Common Sense, Divorce, Failure Not An Option, Family, Follow God, God's Calling, God's direction, God's Guidance, Health, Home, Love, Marriage, Maturity, Mental Health, Old Age, Ponderings, Respect for Life, Salvation, Sobering Thoughts, Soulmate, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Investment
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Children Are Our Heritage
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
Retrospect – There Is No Future In The Past
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
Posted in Christian, Common Sense, Days in Small, Failure Not An Option, Family, God's Calling, God's direction, God's Guidance, Good ole days, Growing up, Home, Hope, Love, Marriage, Maturity, Memories, Mental Health, More of God, Possibilities, Sobering Thoughts, Soulmate, Spiritual
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Paradymn Shift
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
Grow Up
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
Ebb and Flow
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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