Reading Psalm 78; it references turning back. The Spurgeon Archives Charles Spurgeon on turning back. A few short excerpts. “To throw away the time of conflict is to throw away the crown. Oh simple heart! Oh silly heart! To be afraid of suffering! You are, in…
When We Were Lions: Ch. 3 It was the best of times, It was........... the best of times!
That’s Coach, upper right, white shirt, red stripe. That’s me, bottom row, black hair, glasses, fifth in from the right. I never made it into wrestling season, but I did learn something very important from Coach during 8th grade wrestling. I wrote about it in…
A Journal Entry: Jan. 19th 2017 Be Still
“Be still and know that I am God;” Psalm 46:10 Be still – like a 10 yr old kid out on his first nighttime raccoon hunt. Standing with the old guys, outside the truck, listening for the coon hounds, in the dark, in the still…
When We Were Lions: Ch. 2 Champion For a Day... Champion For Life???
We made it to the city league championship game. We were in the ‘away’ dug out in Hatten Park Stadium. This park was built back in the thirties during the depression. It is HUGE! 470′ to dead center. My grandpa worked on it for one…
When We Were Lions: Ch. 1 A Coach by any other name....... is still a Coach
I would like to honor my Little League Baseball, Middle School Football and Freshman Wrestling, coach. Coach Dean Peterson. After my Mom and Dad, Coach Peterson was the most influential person in my life. Because of him I have a very high regard for coaches…
A Journal Entry: “Thank you, ma’am” Proverbs 27:2 Let someone else praise you, and not your own mouth; an outsider, and not your own lips.
A couple of Proverbs to remind myself. Do not get a big head. Proverbs 27:2 “Let someone else praise you, and not your own mouth; an outsider, and not your own lips.” Proverbs 27:21 “The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold,…
Post It Note: Thought, 2 Mountains for Every Valley God's Math
1/3 of the angels were swept out of the sky with satan. That means Gods angels outnumber the devil’s 2 to 1. 2 mountains for every valley. 2 high’s for every low. That’s awesome! So… there is God the Father, God the Son, God the…
The Emerging Man Chronicles: Depressions Epilogue "The Conclusion of the Matter.."
God has a perfectly timed delivery. Stan Laurel did too. And Johnny Carson, although Johnny said he just copied Stan. Stan must have copied God. Dean Martin was the last great straight man that I know of, and that requires impeccable timing. I thought I…
The Emerging Man Chronicles: Depression 5 Depression is Real... But So Is God!
And He did! And there it was, a yellow caution barricade light, blinking slowly, it would come on for a few seconds at a time then go off for even longer. Blinking so slowly, I thought I had imagined it. I stopped, blinked my eye’s…
Post It Note: Loyalty, Faithfulness and Character I am Loyal, I have Character, I am Faithful
I have been loyal and faithful to God… by not going the way of the world. I have not become … mean cynical uncaring selfish or bitter Directed by the grace of His restraining hand. I could have, but he was like, “Hey, get over…
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