What do you do to build strength? Some go to the gym. But for the gym, or any physical activity to work, it requires discipline, consistency & commitment. There is another type of strength that requires discipline, consistency & commitment. It’s the strength found only in Jesus. His (Jesus) strength is developed with a daily …
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Why Do We Make It So Hard?
It was the annual Christmas party for the Civitan Center and Civitan Apartments. After a great meal, a local country & gospel group started singing Christmas Carols. They had only played a few songs when Abby (fictious name) walked up to the band and reached for one of the mics. She had not heard her …
“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 …
Civil Defense
In Hamburg, Arkansas there was a “Fallout Shelter” sign on the Post Office building. It was a small Post Office that would only hold 50 or so people. I don’t recall any other buildings with this sign. I can only imagine the chaos that would have happened had it become necessary to be used. Growing …
I Had No Idea…
I must have been 6 or 7 years old the summer I spend with my dad’s Aunt Mary & Uncle Aldo (Doe Doe). They lived in the country outside Carlisle, AR, just down the road from the house my grandpa & dad built. I remember the first morning, before the sun came up, Uncle Doe …
“What, Me Worry?”
In the 1960’s this was my kind of literature. It had the right number of pictures, words, and sarcasm. The Salt Lake Weekly said it this way, “Back in the ‘50s and ‘60s, Mad comic books emerged as one of America’s most popular pulp periodicals. Targeting mostly the young, they provided a new kind of reading—a satirical …
Come Clean…
Growing up, I don’t remember we had one of these, but I’m sure we did. Everyone had a wringer washer. “Wringer washers were used from the mid-1800s until the 1980s” Google. The wringer washer used a simple process: 1. Water; 2. Soap; 3. Pressure. First, the agitator forced hot soapy water through the fabric removing …
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