It is incredible how an old song rushes memories into your heart. Yesterday as we sang, “What A Friend We Have in Jesus,” memories of singing in the youth choir…memories of my childhood buddies…sweet memories. Many of my old buddies have faded away but the few…oh how they linger in that special place. These were …
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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 …
God School Lab, “The Pain Had A Purpose”
It seemed like an ordinary Fall Day at the lake. I had returned from lunch and was walking to the RV when I fell. I heard the snap as my knees hit the ground. I broke my leg (femur). I was by myself, lying in the slow falling rain. In the past, I had ridiculed …
Just Days Away From The Best Harvest Ever…
I remember how excited my dad was one year. “It’s the best crop I have ever had”, he said at the supper table that night. “We will be able to pay off everything and get ahead.” Two or three weeks later I noticed him drinking Mylanta like it was water…his ulcers were in full flame. …
