Crime is up…Prices are up…There are wars & rumors of war…People are anxious & scared about the future. The country is divided. We seem to be playing the real-life game of “Wac-A-Mole”. Just as fast as we knock down one problem, up pops another. So, we try to solve our life problems with a bigger …
From The Farm: The Scraper
Without a scraper on the disc blade, the disc can’t do its job. As you can see from the picture it’s a piece of steel that is mounted to the disc. As the disc blade cuts into the soil, the scraper does its job by not allowing the dirt to accumulate on the blade. This …
Will It Hold Up Under the Load?
I remember getting ready early in the morning to go to the field. Hooking up the equipment was always a process. It required getting the hole in the tractor hitch and the hole in the equipment hitch lined up perfectly. So many times, I thought I had it lined up only to discover after I …
Do More…?
Is God asking me to do more? As an old & retired guy, my “normal” has shifted from when I worked. I was a “Do More” guy. I was overweight, taking multiple pills for my high blood pressure and headed for a heart attack. My best friend told me, “Rob, you were wound so tight, …
Truth & Trust…
Last week I searched on Google for a man’s plaid newsboy hat. For the next few days, my phone and laptop were flooded with opportunities to buy such a hat. It’s become commonplace in our world. Whatever you search for… technology will flood you with it. Like no other time in history technology is used …
Victim Or Victor, The Choice
Next month will be the 5-year anniversary of breaking my leg. What makes this significant is how it changed the way I pray. As I was laying in the ER at Conway Baptist, Pastor Randy Jumper came to check on me & pray for me. After we chatted, he said, “I’ve got to get back …
Right Where He Wants Me
When I think on Psalm 46:10, “Be still, and know that I am God” this is my imagery. It is the security & peace that only comes from being in my Heavenly Father’s lap. We overcomplicate & overthink the most precious part of life. All His Promises…all His Ways…everything leads to this. “…He has given …
“Can I Have Your Order Please.”
A friend with a national reputation of selling cars once told me, “Robert, I can tell everything I need to know about a person by looking in the backseat of their car. If I see fast food wrappers, clothes, papers, an unkept life, they are probably going to be a risk.” In 1976, The Eagles …
Cowboys Just Get Up…
There is nothing like being a freshman in college, living in a freshman dorm. It was there I met incredible friends. These friends were rodeo cowboys. They attended college, but their heart was riding on the back of something. These guys were bronc & bull riders. Their objective was to stay on the animal for …
3 Nameless Heroes…
I never knew their names, yet they shaped my attitude & my future. Today, one of the most common phrases I hear is,” I just don’t have time now.” or “When I get caught up, I’ll try.” Priorities…Choices. We all have them. We all chose. God, the great orchestrator of life, brought me into something …