Finishing Well

I plan to retire...right after lunch on the day I die! Until then I'm here to serve God, love people and talk about Jesus!

Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Suffering

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None of us like suffering, but there is nothing that will clear your mind of the things that don't matter like pain.  Suffering has a ...
Friday, August 17, 2018

Above all.....

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The greatest need of the human heart is kindness.  Kindness from another, a smile, a soft word, a caring touch, the awareness that the othe...
Saturday, July 14, 2018

The main thing

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"...we make it our aim to please him." 2 Cor. 5 Imagine if this was the primary goal of every believer. Just this o...
Monday, July 09, 2018

Missing the glory

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As I read the news, watch the Twitter feeds, read my friend's Facebook posts I realize we are missing the glory.  Our eyes are focuse...
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Sunday, July 08, 2018

Truth

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Truth exists.   Truth is never personal but always universal.   If truth exists then it's important to know what it is.   ...
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Monday, July 02, 2018

Living sacrifices

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"We can offer ourselves to God as living sacrifices only because someone else offered himself as a dying one." Mike Messerli (...
Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Day is near

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"The night is almost gone, and  the day is near. Therefore let us lay aside  the deeds of darkness and put on  the armor of light.   L...
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Thursday, June 14, 2018

The day ahead

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Today I face a difficult task.  One I wish I could avoid.  My mind and heart recoil at the thoughts of what awaits me.  I dread it! Today ...
Monday, June 11, 2018

Hopeless

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It's early Monday morning.  I woke hours before dawn and knew it was time to get up...to read, to listen, to be quiet before the day ...
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Monday, June 04, 2018

A handful of quietness

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"Better is a handful of  quietness  than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind."   Eccl. 4:6 A handful of qui...
Thursday, May 31, 2018

Sunrise

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This morning I'm sitting on the patio as the sun rises.  Birds singing, breeze swirling around me, beautiful clouds reflecting the ri...
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Thursday, May 24, 2018

The real problem

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There is a lot of debate about why violence has increased in our country, why school shootings are now so common.  The debate on one side bl...
Thursday, May 17, 2018

Whose are you?

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On his way to Rome in a ship doomed to destruction Paul spoke to the crew and passengers these words, " For this very night  an angel ...
Thursday, May 10, 2018

Mine

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One truth most are unwilling to deal with is this- God has written on every soul this word, "mine." He has claimed each of us...
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Wednesday, May 09, 2018

Abide in Him

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"And now, little children, abide in him...."  1John 2.  Jesus and John both invite us to 'abide in him.'  What does that ...
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An old pastor trying to finish well. "I want to live in, walk in, soak in the love of God to such an extent that others are drawn to God because of their encounter with me." 1 Corinthians16:14
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