It’s Sunday and Monday morning is coming. The alarm will go off, and you will hit the floor running. After the chaos of everyone getting dressed & off to school and work, you stop at the drive-thru to get your daily caffeine push with a “Blondie” brew. You come through the doors at work like …
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Pick Your “P”
This week’s Bible Study Fellowship lesson takes us face-to-face with who do we bow down to? In Daniel 3 we find three young Jewish boys ordered to bow to a 90-foot idol King Nebuchadnezzar made. If they refused, they would be thrown into the fiery furnace. The three young men teach us how to trust …
“Oh No…!”
You overslept because you stayed up too late…the dog got out of the fence and you chased it through the neighborhood…you finally got in the shower, got dressed, had an argument about finances with your spouse as you rush out the door and finally you are sitting in the quiet solitude of your car. Then …
What Could Go Wrong Here?
In the late 1950’s & 60’s it was every boy’s dream to find these under the tree on Christmas morning. One of the interesting things from this era of time…there were no warning labels. Now even our toothpaste has a warning on it. It was a time when people learned from their mistakes. If you …
Where Are You Going?
One of the greatest life differences I recognize since I have retired is…I see things I never noticed before. When I worked, I worked. I woke up working and went to sleep working. I was addicted to multiple tasks, “get ’er done,” BUSY! For years I wore “Busy” as a badge of honor & prestige. …
“My Dog Died”
They, our four-legged children, become family members. They meet us at the door with their happy bark, wagging tails and a lick to welcome us home. They forgive us when we lose our temper. They can read our minds, and they even know our darkest secrets. Most of all they love us…even when we are …
Lesson From The Farm: Compacted Soil…
It was a week or so after we had planted the soybean field that I noticed the tire tracks across the field. The new bean sprouts had burst through the soil…except where I had driven across the newly planted field. Yep, those seeds never came up. When I drove across the field I thought, “What …
“Open Wide”
We’ve all been there. You’re nervous as you sit down on the strange chair. You wonder will it be painful…how much is this going to cost…what if I just get up and leave as the dentist or hygienist prep you for the unknown. And then when they have what seems like all their tools & …
“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 …
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, …