I am Blessed to have a full outdoor kitchen at the lake. On mornings I fire up the smoker my neighbor strolls over and says, “Whatcha cooking, dead bird?” My smoked chicken is his favorite. The only way he knows I am cooking is by the smell. He, like many people, is attracted to the …
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Lesson From The Pig Pen
My junior year in college I chaired the annual Sadie Hawkins Weekend. We decided to have a “greased pig” contest, and the college agreed to donate the pig. A greased pig contest is when a good and slippery greased down, pig is put into a pen and students try to catch the pig for a …
“What Did You Say?”
Have you ever said or posted something stupid? You know, the flippant comment about someone that was not favorable? Sure, you have. We usually follow it with this scripture from Proverbs 26:19 “I was only joking!” Yep, there ya go, thousands of years ago King Solomon told us, “What has been will be again, what …
“Exhausted!”
God is so cool! At the ripe old age of 77 I am still discovering that the truth of “His Ways” are different than my natural ways (Isaah 55:8). I have a natural tendency to speak out…step out and do before asking or thinking. This week one of my dear buddies in Bible Study Fellowship …
Practice For The Purpose
Football practice always started with “warm up drills”, then moved into contact drills (knocking each other down). After that there were the skill sessions of learning plays & moves…learning what to do, when & how. Then it was gut-check time. We would run wind sprints up and down the field. With my tongue hanging out …
“What’s The Answer?”
There I sat…It was the semester test in 9th grade algebra with 10 minutes before the bell and my test paper was almost empty. I didn’t then, nor do I now understand why I need letters to solve a math problem. But here I was. I needed answers. By the time my buddy handed me …
“WHOA Up There!”
I could not find the picture of me on my horse, the Old Mare. Yep, that was her name. I was around 7 when I saddled her up. In the afternoons I would come home from school and ride in the pastures & such. Being young I didn’t know all the horse tricks… like how …
God School: Open Book Test
TGN’s, The Lessons From God School, illustrates the supremacy of His Word as the source of All Truth. It is the Guidebook For Living.” For Believers it is our cornerstone, our true north authority of right & wrong. When a Follower of Christ allows the Holy Spirit to whisper, guide & teach His Word, the …
Happy?
The first half of my life I was addicted to being happy. I followed the trail that always led me to “Happy.” While people draw their “happy” from different things, I drew mine from people. I got my “happy” fix cutting up at school …having fun, not the schoolwork. On dad’s farm, when he was …
“I’ve Got A Secret!”
The sooner a person learns, “Don’t ask why, just do as you’re told,” in basic training the better. I was the only one in our group told to report to this specific room. When the sergeant shut the door, it was all business. He told us to fill out the forms of everywhere we had …