“Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself.” Matthew 6:34 I always enjoyed spending summers with my best friend at his grandmothers home in Middle Georgia. It was my opportunity to spend a little time away from my normal home activities and enjoy hanging out […]
Rest in His Sheltering Arms
Let’s face it, we’ve all been through tough times at one point or another in our life. In fact, some of you may be going through tough times even now. Life has a way of throwing us challenges that aren’t always what we want them to be and they seem to always be at the […]
Managing the Slippery Slope of Pride
My athletic days are long behind me but, at one time, I was fairly active in many different sports. I often played tennis—and was fairly good. I could hold my own in a game of basketball and loved playing baseball. One sport that wasn’t so kind to me was snow skiing. Of course, growing up […]
Don’t Allow Yourself to Flicker Out
I love campfires. I especially love to sit around a campfire with good friends and a bag of marshmallows to roast. Our family has done a lot of camping over the years and I have to admit that there’s just nothing better. The coolness of the night; the stars shining up above; the warmth of […]
Avoiding the Shortcut To Trouble
I loved the neighborhood our family lived in during my Elementary School years. Now, granted, this was in the 1960’s and times have changed, but it was a wonderful time and place. All the neighborhood kids knew each other; even the parents knew each other. We couldn’t get into too much trouble because other parents […]