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My dad is very special to me. He is eighty-eight years young and still does as much as some in their sixties. He's a tough old bird with a wisdom that can only come with age. I can't think of anything off hand that he's unable to do. He's one of the oldest living real...
As a lawful citizen of my country, I can travel the roads, shop at the supermarket, visit my friends, cook a meal, hold a job, and so on. Everything I do is lawful and no restrictions are imposed on me. However, if I am not a citizen of this country, or if I have...
Joshua 24:14-15 (NRSV) "Now therefore revere the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness; put away the gods that your ancestors served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. 15 Now if you are unwilling to serve the Lord, choose this day whom...
“You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may...
My family and I were busy preparing for our annual vacation. We would be gone for nearly a month this year, and though we weren’t leaving for another 2½ weeks, we were already packing the trailer, stocking the food, preparing the maps, and a host of other things that...
"Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you!" (Isa. 49:15 NIV) Champ was a pure-breed Collie what was given to me by an aunt. He was such a cute, cuddly puppy!...
The distinct entity, from the body that God desires to save in all mankind, is that man’s future. Man will survive death with joy in God’s heavenly home or misery in condemned doom. Day to day living and building a relationship with Jesus Christ, rewards his future...
"So give orders that cedars of Lebanon be cut for me. My men will work with yours, and I will pay you for your men whatever wages you set. You know that we have no one so skilled in felling timber as the Sidonians." (1 Kings 5:6) There’s a beautiful State Park just 35...
“In the day when I cried out, You answered me, and made me bold with strength in my soul.” (PSALM 138:3) Let us praise God for: · Giving us a home on earth and reserving a home for us in heaven. · His love and mercy, protection and provision. Let us pray for: · Love...
Luke 24:32 Did you ever feel the Lord so near that there was burning in your heart? We walked along discussing all the prophecies we could remember. The day was warm and dusty and we were glad to find a spring at the side of the road where we could stop for a...
If you make an agreement with somebody about something that is to be done, you want it to stick. You don’t want it to come undone half way through so you choose carefully with whom you make an agreement. The strength of the agreement is not in the agreement, it is in...
Here in northeast Tennessee there is a tourist attraction named Bristol Caverns. I don't know how long ago they were found and opened for public tours but I went there several times during my elementary school days on field trips. It has the normal stalactites and...
I was pouring water into a trough just over the fence in a neighbour's paddock. Drought had taken away the water supply for his sheep but we have an underground flow and could keep the trough full.Further down the hill, among the rocks, his sheep heard the water being...