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 …
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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 …
“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 …
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 …
Fueled & Greased…Ready for The Day
I remember the early mornings on the farm. No matter how cold or miserable, when it was barely light enough, we got our equipment ready for the day. We refueled no matter how much was in the tank. Not to be overlooked was the dirty & messy job of greasing (lubricating) all the many places …
Hang On…
On July 25th I noticed this limb hanging in midair. On August the 17th the limb was still hanging in midair, even after 40mph winds from the previous night. There the limb hung by a tiny spider web. A tiny, insignificant creature God created. Think about this. We marvel at what people make & do …
At The Core of It All…
Have you ever been asked, “Why did you do that?” We might fumble around with an answer…trying to come up with an excuse but at the “core” the answer is as old as time. The country song by Dierks Bentley describes a boy doing stupid things because he is enamored by a girl (verse from …
“First, Put What You Have in Your Hand Down and Then Take It With Both Hands.”
Several weeks ago, we had a tea party with our 6 & 9-year-old granddaughters. Mary got her mom’s teacups out for this special time. Like children they wanted to help. I remember Mary saying, “First, Put Down What You Have in Your Hand and Then Take It With Both Hands.” Sound familiar? Makes sense. And …
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It’s About Being Available? Not Able!
Sometimes you go through life fat, dumb and happy, until... the “until” came on a Monday morning in 1994 when my doctor told me I was diabetic and that afternoon a dear friend & radiologist showed me the CT scan, said, “Robert, that’s your right kidney…and that’s cancer.” During this time countless people told me …
You Control It…Or It Controls You
To be a rice farmer you understand the Principle of Being Proactive. Years ago, Stephen Covey used this phrase to describe getting in front of a situation rather than reacting to the situation. Such it is with controlling the water in a rice field. A farmer controls the water in the rice field so the …
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