Have you ever noticed how a smell recalls a memory? I can walk into a house and smell fresh baked cookies, BAM, I think of my mom. You open the old gym bag you forgot about… BAM, the sweaty gear & socks you forgot about reminds you of your high school locker room 50 years …
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Law of the Farm: Crop Management
Harvest reveals the brutal truth of how well you managed your crop. While there are uncontrollable variables of weather, pests & disease, a farmer must manage his time & money… choices to maximize his harvest value. In the Law of the Farm this fundamental Core Value is set out in Geneses 2:15, “The Lord God …
God School: Finding The Missing Piece
One “Life Lesson” I learned in God School classroom. It was one morning watching a man put a 1,000-piece puzzle together. He was incredible. He could put a puzzle together in a few hours. On this morning, I watched from a distance as he looked at the picture on the box cover… then looked down …
God School: The Question Baring On A Need, “Who are you looking for?”
Lizzy can see things Mary & I don’t. The slightest movement catches her attention. But she also uses all her senses (smell, hearing and touch) to search and know what is going on. Once something gets her attention it is difficult to distract her. She is focused. What usually follows is her barking or announcing, …
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God School: The Best Facility
They were the Best children of William (Willie) and Mary Best. They all got their start in Woodville, Mississippi. After High School, several completed professional training and education. Growing up in the early 1900’s they all became honor students and graduates of Hard Times University. No electricity, no phones, horses & mules for transportation. What …
God School: Lessons From The Past
When Mary Farrar married William (Willie) Best on October 2, 1902, they had no idea that 124 years later 200 people would follow. Picture “1” Willie & Mary with their 5 “Best Kids”, Mary Ella, Josephine, Wilhena, Farrar (my mom) and Francis. These 2 generations are now gone but not forgotten. In their lifetime they …
God School: Lab – Being Presentable!
When I was growing up my mother always asked, “Have you got clean underwear on? Make sure they don’t have holes in them.” I have discovered this was a common question for moms with little boys growing up in the 50’s & 60’s. When I think about it, mother must have accepted a known fact, …
God School: Lab Sesson – “Don’t Over Think It”
Question, who do you think will have a better day, the 2 boys who recognize God’s fingerprints in their life or the scholar trying to prove God didn’t perform miracles? When I was in the first & second garde we lived in the country. It was about a ¼ mile walk down a dirt/gravel road. …
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God School: Today’s Lab Session, “Discouragement”
Discouragement…we have all experienced the gut punch of life. I have learned it follows expectation. I hear, see, or think of something awesome, great & fun, and not long after “BOOM!” something happens to bust the ballon. Many times, the busted ballon of hope resulted from my poor choices. But sometimes it was just life. …
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God School: God Is The God Of Small Things
What do you expect of God? A BSF buddy wrote this week about spending time with his buddies on a camp out. The question of “What do you expect of God?’ resonated long after the campfire went out. But what do you expect from God? Chances are we don’t think too much about it until …
