Provisions Have you ever gone camping with your family for a week, or even a weekend. There was always something special about sleeping next to some remote lake in a tent as a family. You hear the sounds of nature that you never get to hear otherwise. Your kids wake you up, and ask you… Read More »

Nicknames Do you still have a nickname? Did you have a nickname growing up? Many of us did or still do. Nicknames reflect a person’s personality or physical characteristics. My uncle’s nickname was Tiny, but he was anything but tiny. I call my wife honey, because she is sweet. I was called Snowball growing up… Read More »

This Is The Day How would you complete those four words? This is the day I am going to buy a new washing machine! Ours just broke. This is the day I am going to fix this or clean that. This is the day….! Each day begins with plans that are as varied as there… Read More »

Thankful For The Psalms I am so glad the Lord saw fit to include the Psalms in His Holy Word. In reading through the Psalms, you see the heights of joy and gladness and you also see the depths of a wounded and troubled heart. King David wrote in Psalm 145, I will extol You,… Read More »

A Different Standard When the winter Olympic ice-skating finals are being performed there are a panel of judges that are chosen to judge how well the skater did their routine. The judges are supposed to be impartial above all else, but I wonder if that is the case at times. Another thing I often question… Read More »

A Different Set of Eyes Growing up I never wore a pair of sunglasses. As I grew older, I spent countless hours in boats fishing under the glaring sun without ever putting a pair of sunglasses on. We do make choices and that one was a very bad choice. Several years ago, I went in… Read More »

Kingdoms Do you ever give thought that there are only two kingdoms in this world? Remember reading stories as a child that began with Once Upon A Time, there was a lovely princess who lived in a faraway kingdom. She was good and kind. But in the story, there was also a bad, evil witch… Read More »

Copycat When you hear the word copycat, what comes to your mind? In today’s world, it usually carries a negative connotation. A person does something awful and then some individuals get the idea that they should imitate or copy that bad behavior. However, there is a much better way to think about what it means… Read More »

Does It Ever End Do things ever come to an end? Certain things do. Football games have an ending, though the game of football never seems to end. Years come to an end. We just finished 2024, but time never seems to end. A movie comes to an end, but movies never end. So, it… Read More »

New Years Resolution Well, it is that time of year where I make a new resolution for the upcoming year. Last year my resolution was to meditate on, ponder, first thing every morning the phrase, Trust in the Lord! After considerable internal struggle I have a new phrase for the coming year, Follow Jesus Today!… Read More »