It’s your first day of school. The teacher is calling roll. “Is Pain here this morning?” This name follows you all through your life…you are Pain because you momma named you Pain. How would you have handled being called Pain all your life? Do you think you would have become a negative person? Very few …
Tag: Attitude
God School: Too Big For My Britches…
I can still hear dad’s words, “Boy you are getting too big for your britches.” As I think about it, dad was correcting something deeper than the stupid thing I had done…it was my heart. He saw his son developing an ungrateful & stubborn heart. I do not recall dad getting upset with the things …
School Is In Session
When I read Proverbs 5:12-13 this morning I knew my assignment. “You will say, “How I hated discipline! How my heart spurned correction! I would not obey my teachers or turn my ear to my instructors.” It’s that time of year when one thing dominates the thoughts, calendars, pocketbooks, and emotions of so many people… …
She Carried Sweet Memories…
Tupperware…the carrier of good things. These are 3 of my mother’s Tupperware containers. She used these to carry her pies, cakes, candy and other delicious foods to potlucks, church events and to the field at harvest time. When a person saw one of these sitting on a counter, table, or the tail gate of a …
“Boy, You Are Getting Too Big For Your Britches.”
I heard my dad tell me this more than once. It was not directed at my size but my attitude. He recognized my weakness and loved me in a way that I can still hear his voice of correction. An attitude of “Too Big For Your Britches” is a heart for me first...”my way” that …
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