View this email in your browser Happy BIG Birthday, America (and me)! Our country’s birthday! This one is a BIGGY! (And so is mine. I will hit the 8-0 mark on July 5th. My spiritual birthday is also this month. 69! Yay! The other day, I thought back to 1976, when we celebrated our country’s 200th birthday... I thought about…the great bicentennial and watching on television all the awesome festivities, which included an international fleet of tall ships in New York City’s harbor and the...
9 days ago • 2 min read
View this email in your browser Lean in a Little Closer This story has been passed around, so I do not know who to attribute it to. Maybe you’ve even heard it or read it. It’s about a young man and an old preacher. A young man lost his job and didn’t know which way to turn. So he went to see the old preacher. Pacing about the preacher’s study, the young man ranted about his problem. Finally, he clenched his fist and shouted, “I’ve begged God to say something to help me, preacher, why doesn’t...
16 days ago • 2 min read
View this email in your browser Fear of the Deep End! Gasping for air. Swallowing water with each breath. Reaching for anything to grab onto.Going under for the third time in water depths twice my little height. Frightened beyond words.Will anyone notice? Around the age of eleven, I was with some friends at the pool. In the deep end of the pool, some of the older kids played a game with other kids on their shoulders. Probably playing “chicken.” One of the older girls asked if I would get on...
23 days ago • 2 min read
View this email in your browser Does This [blank] Make My But Look Too Big? Buts! We all have them. I mean the verbal kind! LOL Gotcha! Excuses, excuses! We all make them. * I’m afraid* Me? Never!* It’s too hard* I can’t do this* I don’t want to* I’m too whatever* I never learned to...* Someone will laugh at me* I don’t have that talent/gift* I’ve never done this before* Why should I be the one to... We aren’t satisfied with those, so we start using the negatives in with the positives by...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
View this email in your browser Managing While He’s Away! I wonder…am I a good manager of God’s Kingdom? ******* After telling one of His parables, Jesus asked Peter, “Who then is the faithful, thoughtful, and wise servant, whom his master has put in charge of his household to give to the others the food and supplies at the proper time?” (Matt. 24:45 AMPC) The Lord asks the same of each of us, “Are you a wise and faithful servant of the Lord? Have I given you the task of managing My...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
View this email in your browser Come, Drink of the Living Waters Come. Drink. Drink of the Living Waters. Water! The necessary component of all living matter for survival. The living cells of every plant, animal, and human are dependent upon that one essential element for their healthy existence. As necessary as it is for our body to be nourished with water to thrive and stay physically healthy, it is even more necessary for our spirit and soul to be filled with the Living Waters of the Lord...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
View this email in your browser I Wanna Be a Weeble! First, an apology. I’m sorry there was no post last week. I was in the hospital. I’m home and recovering. Wanting to land on my feet. Like a Weeble! Hangeth thou in there to understand my thought! Did you ever play with a Weeble? If you don’t know what Weebles are, they’re a toy that first appeared on the market in the early ’70s. They were small, short, fat, molded egg-shaped bodies with faces, having holes for eyes. Some were scary enough...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
View this email in your browser Passing Gas! Did that grab you? LOL Gotcha! It’s about an airplane. If you’ve been a reader for a while, you know I get inspiration sometimes from the strangest places. Hangeth thou in there and see what I found. A few years ago, I watched the air show that is part of our city’s annual Kentucky Derby festivities. I learned those who fly the Lockheed Martin KC-130 in-flight refueler call what they do...passing gas! The KC-130 is capable of fulfilling a multitude...
2 months ago • 2 min read
View this email in your browser Out on a limb… It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood… In Jericho. A place abounding in scented balsams. An oasis city catering to the rich and powerful. A honey-pot of taxation for the Roman government. Thick with tax collectors, the despised ones, making their own pockets jingle after rendering Caesar’s due. Spring blossoms display their full regalia this day to welcome a guest to town. Rumor has it he’s been performing miracles. People begin to gather,...
2 months ago • 3 min read