I was just doing an email with a friend,,,,,, long story short——- I said that each day I ask God to make me a better person today than I was yesterday,,,,, each day I feel as if I fall short.......then I said, we just never give up,, as long as we seek & ask & knock,,,,,, then if we believe——- all will be ok——doing right is a tuff objective,,,hey brother/sister—— hang in there——-the worse thing we can ever do is give up,,,,,,

very good one....thanks

I have told you folks over & over & over I just ain't the best communicator..........then you go openly embarrass me.....lol......I was suggesting that you not try to walk on water, one you may get wet, 2 you may drown, 3 you may have to swim to shore..........However, stick with telling the stories and leave the walking on the water to da Man.........HUMMMM!!! We hill folks have ponds, some of them are not much bigger than a big mud puddle while some may be a few acres.

Only joking about the embarrassing part.......

Hey Greg, you may want to just stay with Jesus's story tell'n example, I would not suggest walking on the pond stuff.....jus say'n

After babbling on & on I went back to my Phillips-----

Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved---------then this---"Now how can they call on one in whom they have never believed? How can they believe in one of whom they have never heard? And how can they hear unless someone proclaims Him?

Food for thought------Maybe the Christian needs to step up. Doesn't mean one has to get on a box on the corner and shout out their beliefs -----Maybe we need to check out our light, is it shinning or just dim.....have you ever noticed that if you are in a very dark room, say pitch black, that a very, very little light can put off an abundance of light-----darkness cannot over come light....just maybe our kindness can the same effect of evil----jus say'n------They say in combat areas that at night the slightest light, like from a cigarette can bee seen from thousands of feet in the air or from a long distance on land. Share the light that God has put in your life.....that little voice inside of you, listen to it when it offers opportunities

Speaking of "short sermons" back some time ago I got an email about this rather large church right across from a college campus and one Sunday morning the church was rather full and just when the preacher stood up to get started a young man, long hair, cloths not very clean, unshaven (sort of like Rick's friends from years ago---sorry, I just couldn't pass that up, ) anyway as the young man walked down the isle looking for a place to sit many of the church members shifted their sitting position so he had no where to sit, the young man walked to the front and sit down in the isle on the floor....then there was this sound-----"THUMP___THUMP____THUMP" and the sound continued, it turned out the THUMPING was an old man walking down the isle and each time his cane hit the floor there was the "THUMP".....the old man reached where the young man was sitting and and sit down beside him------The preacher said the old man just gave a better sermon than he could ever give-------

You know sometimes when you are at the store or at at a restaurant or just anywhere out in public, the least act of kindness you may show to another is possibly the only sermon the will ever hear. There is so much hatred in my world today, be it from race, politics, religion, no matter what----hatred is running wild today------just maybe if kindness starts at the Christian's conduct, just maybe things might start to change.......Look what happened with Jesus and the 11-------I think it was Peter that wrote that judgment starts at the door of the church----a great place for kindness to start

The past week I have been reading from my J.B. Phillips New Testament translation. Back some years ago my dad gave this to me and told me that sometimes the KJ version can be a bit difficult to understand and he found the Phillips help to clear some of those difficult passages....anyway this morning I was reading this from Romans 10--------" You need not say in your heart, who would go up to heaven to bring Christ down. to us, or who would descend into the depths to bring Him up from the dead? It is this word, which is the burden of our preaching, and says in effect, If you openly admit by your own lips that Jesus is the Lord, and if you believe in your own heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved."

Believing is what it is all about, IMO---I don't care how many times you clean the church, cut the church's grass, cook a ton of meals, feed the poor, visit the sick, ----no matter how hard you "WORK" without believing all is lost-----if you truly believe you will desire to do all those good works as you are led by the Holy Spirit----simply putting it, you will be doing that which God has called you to do, not doing what you want to do. IMO, when we do what we want to do, "PRIDE" steps in and we pat ourselves on the back and think, look what I've done......One or more of you may ask----"What do you know?" Simply put "been there, done that." No better teacher than experience-----A long story from years past

God Bless and have a Blest Day

a great sermon in a few words.....thanks for sharing

Thankful for this here another day......

NAW! the penny slots is my job. I believe that Foxwoodsman has been an excellent mod....remember no one wanted the job when he took it. When no one else would step up he did...... Nothing wrong with giving true & honest statements about Raj/Joe&Co.. That outrageous Hughe RS left folks with very few shares, if I remember after the RS the pps was up in the $$$ and where are we now? NAGP has yet to deliver on the 1st promise they made to investors years ago. Over the years Raj/Joe&Co have yet to deliver on anything....fact

However, good to see our little ole board is still chugg'n along. Rather than speak of how many shares ----why not focus on how many $$$$ a person has dumped into NAGP.....I am right at 10K and worth $40.95 today------However I did not get taken as bad as those folks who settled out of court for a bunch of shares which today are 0000 ----for a company right on the cusp of greatness, that sure Ain't say'n much

you were sinking deep in sin, far from a peaceful shore-----the master of the sea heard your dispairing cry, from the waters lifted you and now safe are you-----Love lifted you------

That tune "Love lifted me" came to mind when I was reading your post-----I have used in the past the illustration of a person sinking in quick sand and a friend tosses out a life line of some sort and if the person in quick sand takes hold he lives if he don't take hold he dies-------much like Jesus reaching out to us, if we accept the helping hand we live if we don't we are lost for sure.......

Food for thought here this morning----over the past couple of weeks I have attended 2 funeral service and presently have a friend very close to death's door-----know something, no one ever talks of their earthly possessions, their bank account, their snazzy car, their fancy cloths and so forth.....what is talked about is the memories that have been made over the years.....I have tried my best to teach my kids that everything we say & do creates a memory, good or bad, the important is to try to make the memories good ones.......now the question for us is------when we are out in the world what kind of memories are we establishing with others-----are we grouchy & cross? or are we kind & considerate? Just something to think on today, we are entering the silly season where folks get greedy, selfish, stressed out, for general purposes the ugly side comes out and ugly memories are made-----As a Christian how are we going to behave? Let your light so shine that others may see Christ in you----

I took a few moments this afternoon and just flipped through one of my Bibles and was amazed at how many verses I had hi-lighted----Bounced into this 1---"For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew 1st and also for the Greek.--
Then I bumped into this---"God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those which are not fitting, being filled with all unrighteousness , sexual immorality, sickness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, strife, murder, strife, deceit, evil-kindness, they are whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful; who knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, no only do the same but approve of those who practice them.

What caught my eye is how many of those things many Christians accept so as not to offend others.....as I took those things which were written----1 by 1----- it got my mind to thinking, I'll let your mind think on them-----rather than judge my fellow believers I got to wandering am I guilty?.........

Just a little something to think on, now off to da shower, that ole saw dust from my shop making me itch and my bride just don't like a dirty ole man, well not in the filthy need a bath kind....lol

I was referring to what they were doing back then with little children----called child porn...

I am going back quite a few years, but when I was running the road I listened to Paul Harvey a lot and through him I learned UNICEF was a bad bunch of people.....I'll not go any further....but you or I would be in jail

Been a while since I last heard or saw this-------Jesus said---"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."-----Actually Math: writes ---"Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them"----Luke writes it like this--"Just as you want men to do to you, you do also to them likewise."

HUMMMM!!! Wonder if somewhere this got dropped and folks forgot where it is

Thank ya, I cannot say how well this lady sang or played the piano, believe it or not, I was at a total loss for words, but I can say with all honestly that she had the Holy Spirit visit this service.....sometime us average Joes really hit the mark....I would say yesterday this lady planted a lot of seeds, now I jus hope the guy with the watering can might pass by.....God Bless.....Good to see folks reading our board----I am not condemning the folks in the videos........but they never came close to scratching the service of her singing or piano playing.....but then, maybe the moment had much to do with it----however one may think on it I am still almost 24 hours later still moved beyond explanation of the message she sent out. There are times when we just feel the presence of God, right there in our mist,,,,,I just wish I could better explain------it is truly and awesome experience to find ourselves right there in the presence of God, the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit-------all 3 right there, amazing.....I have been blessed with this experience a "FEW" times, and still no-way can I explain, only wish I could-----

My preacher's dad was a preacher as was his dad, so pastor Joe came from long list of pastors....this morning he talked about his youth and how he had all those little badges kids get for doing church stuff, the college came around and he found other things to do rather than go to church and after college he still wandered around....then he put Jesus Christ in his heart, as our friend Rick says, born again,,this led him to the ministry, a calling, if you will......His point, he knew all about Jesus, the church, the right & wrong but......Just didn't have Jesus.....See we can do all the right stuff, have unlimited amounts of knowledge but if we don't have Jesus we are just up the cheek with out a paddle.......may I ask, Have you accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Savior?.........Some folks will make mention of all their works around the church they do, or all the Bible studies they have done, or focus on all their good works.....If I may, ask yourself the above question.....just a little food for thought

I found it and gonna share------OH! The little town in the BlueRidge Mts. was Goodview, Va, Greenville came from Rick's post, he would be one of those Tenn. clan folks, I am speaking of the Va. Clan


Down here my burden's heavy
And the road is rough and long
Sometimes my feet get weary and so sore
But a brighter day is coming
Soon I'll step on Heaven's shore
And I won't have to worry anymore

Chorus:

I won't have to worry
When I reach the other shore
All my troubles will be over
And I'll rest forever more
My eyes will be on Jesus
And my heart will be aglow
And I won't have to worry anymore

Someday when life is over
And I've said my last good-byes
I'm gonna see my Savior standing at the door
Then I'll hear Him say you're welcome
All your cares are left behind
And I won't have to worry anymore

Chorus:
I won't have to worry
When I reach the other shore
All my troubles will be over
And I'll rest forever more
My eyes will be on Jesus
And my heart will be aglow
And I won't have to worry anymore

A little town called Greenville------Yesterday my nephew's father-in-law memorial service was held....a very little town in the Va. BlueRidge Mts, my wife & I drove over there, about a 3 hour drive, once we did the visitation thing we grabbed a seat and waited for things to start.....just took 2 or 3 bangs on the piano to know the lady playing the piano was not a city girl and the piano was raised on country style music, then she played a tune and sang, and once again it was not big city style, I mean she was unbelievable good.......at the end of the service she played and sang----some of the words were---"and I won't have too worry anymore"-----she got maybe 20% of the way through it, and stopped to clear her throat,, like maybe a furor ball got itself stuck in there, she apologized and started over, with a few more cords she just broke down, took off her glasses and sat there on the piano stool tears running down her cheeks, apologized and said she just couldn't do it, but tried again and once again she had to stop, tears flooding her eyes....she said "I am sorry, but Jeri made me promise that I would sing this for him and I just have to do it." I bowed my head and spoke with God-------she started again and did not miss a stroke, I doubt there was a dry eye in the place, "I don't have to worry anymore".....Then the Methodist preacher from down the road grabbed his guitar to do a closing number----I can't remember the song, but he also apologized when he started, seems he only plays Blue Grass and agreed to do this number before he realized it was not BlueGrass, he said "Us BlueGrass folks only know a couple cords and this tune was anything but a few cords, he has tried many times over the years to learn this tune, but it was just too difficult, so if y'all will bear with me, I do my best."----He played and sang, once again I knew I was not in a big city setting----beautiful......

A beautiful service done Mountain Folks Style-----If you ain't ever Been there, you just can't imagine what you have missed....

Not a real message her----but folks if you believe in God, His Son, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit-----You just have to worry anymore-------God Bless, now go have a beautiful day-----ask---Hey God, anything I can do for you today?????

I read, read, & reread and probably got myself more confused than when I started, not surprising.....but, I kept going over Romans 13 and the more I went over it the more I realized that I was heading where I find fault with the TV reporters----"I THINK" mode....Then the more I read I felt as if I was being drawn away from what Paul was intending for me to understand.....SO, reckon I best step aside on this one for a bit, Maybe because I am not of the understanding as some others, maybe because my education level is not up there, maybe because the more I dig the deeper the hole gets and I may not be able to get out, IDUNNO......But I tend to lean on what Scripture says, maybe I am just dense, IDUNNO....but Paul wrote that there is no authority except from God, OK, I'll buy that, Paul writes that the rulers are not a terror to good works and if we do what is right/good we won't get in trouble, ,, I'll go with that also....Anyway rather than keep my foot in my mouth I will step aside on this one

You did ask----what I thought of John M. words----about the U.S being born out of Violation of Scripture....UMMMM , way too deep for me. I have always simply believed for what ever reason God came up with the idea to make America great, to be generous and to be a Christian leader to the world, and I could go on & on., anyway He knows what His plans are..... I started reading the Scriptures in 1990 and to be very honest I still don't know squat, sometimes the more I try the more lost I get, then there has been several times that there has been things I did not understand and I searched daily for my answer and then maybe days or weeks later---right out of the blue comes the answer, usually when I expect it less....I have always believed this to be being lead by the Holy Spirit. I wish I was far enough along to think on things like John M's point, but if I get to thinking on all that high level stuff I get away from what my daily prayer is---"God, help me to be a better person today than I was yesterday"......As I said I wish I had the Brian power to go into those subjects like the Pros do, but my makeup just says no...

I admire folks who can dig into subjects like this----but I am really being serious here....at 75 knowing that I am well on the down hill side of this earthly life I struggle with just trying to keep me straight, and I don't do a very good job at it either. I know my past and so thankful that I serve a risen Savior, I believe in God and I try to love my fellow man...a rather simple faith, like I said, I wish I had what it takes to get into heavy/deep subjects but I came real close not long ago to just stepping off into eternity and all those deep subjects just don't register with me----eternity and how I spend it weighs heavy on my mind everyday and I try to explain to others or get them to think on eternity

I do appreciate the discussion on this board only wish I was better at it....

God Bless--------

I don't think I communicated my thoughts very well, but did the best I could considering I have only had 1 coffee

thank you, I would love to see more discussion here......others may learn differently, but me? I learn a lot from discussion, it causes me to dig in and research & study, although I do not allow others to change my mind, but I really like hearing things I never thought of before........now I am a bit hard headed, no matter who....lol...example, when watching or trying to watch the news as soon as I hear the term---"I think"---that tells me it is time to change the channel-----their opinion does not constitute fact-----so at this time I have to seek John Wayne or Eastwood for the truth....lol----yes sir, I am one sick puppy

I trust that I did not offend you in my post, I have said a thousand times I am not the best communicator, maybe the worst.....If it appeared I was being judgmental on anyone here on this board I do apologize.....Now that being said I am going to reply when I get my thoughts straight....I have read your post several times, read Romans 4 or 5 times, and checking what other resources say....interesting and actually has to be considered with Paul, the Romans, the time and reason for such writing. A very interesting comparison from Wisd. Sol. 6:1-5-----written around the same time but rather than to the Christian it was written to the Rulers....saying roughly the same,,,Let me put this out there as a starter, but I got a long way to go.....remember I am thick----and not the best communicator....

Listen, therefore, kings and understand; Learn this, judges of the ends of the earth

For your dominion was given you from the Lord, and your sovereignty from the most high. He will examine your works and inquire into your plans...Though you are servants of His kingdom, you have not judged rightly, or kept the law, or followed the will of God. He will come upon you terribly and swiftly for a stern judgment overtakes those in high places (goodspeed)....This writer's point is the same as Paul's----there is no authority except from God.

This is for as I dare go, I am sure I will put my foot right in my mouth, but I will get back on the other points you pointed out....God Bless

You mentioned “ me to”. .... I recently got a email, went something like this——!when I was growing up the # sign was pound sign—— so our me to group chose a sign—— pound me too,,,, lol,,,, at least I thought it was funny

I really like John M , but differ in thoughts on a few things, very few, I believe he is a good man, I am sure that many here have different thoughts, I suppose it is how the Holy Spirit speaks to each of us..... I may differ in a thought, but God has a purpose,,,, then we each are on a different location on our spiritual walk , & some are babes , while some are more mature.....I think that is why I love this board so much..... sometimes I or another gets carried away in their opinions, yet, when all is said & done their is a respect here,,,,I think——wow, talk about going around the barn to get to the door——- food for thought here—— nutt’n mo, nutt’n less——once a person gains knowledge, does Pride step in, and then does one always thinks he/she is right ...... I find myself constantly doing self-examination, not saying others should , jus saying I really need to keep “ME” in tow ...., I may be 100% right, but if I pass on my belief in a negative way and become a stumbling block, we’ll i just screwed up,,,,,, like I said, jusca thouht

from Rev. 3----"Behold, I stand at the door and knock, if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him.

Earlier in the N.T. we are told, seek and you will find, -- ask and it will be even,--Knock and it will be opened----Reckon that all boils down to---Are you seeking, asking or knocking?

Paul, a bondservant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect and the acknowledgement of the ruth which accords with godliness , in hope of eternal life which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began

Eternity is a very long, long time......Have you ever stood right on the line of stepping off into eternity? Just a little something there for y'all to think on....

Now could someone tell me why as long as the knife is dull cutting a finger just don't happen, but, HEY!!! sharpen those knives and for whatever reason the finger figures it is its duty to get in the way and test the sharpness. does prove a point, I can still do a really good job putting an edge on that steel.....Sooo proud of myself

John teaches us----"My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but for the whole world."

I think John was saying that when we mess up we got a very good lawyer, and by the way this lawyer has already paid the price for our messing up-------rather comforting I think.

Not arguing with your post by no means, just adding a little icing to the cake......And yes, I noticed you weren't dragg'n your feet this morning-----up and at'em early

God Bless and y'all have a very blessed day

before going to practice for the National Championship Chair Duty events, I thought to myself---"Self, flip open your Bible one more time and see where it lands..." So Self did so---"Isaiah 1------God speaking here---"Come now, let us reason together, though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be like wool. If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land; but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured by the sword."

I got to wondering why this opened to this particular passage and giving much thought I figured it was meant for you folks, I just know I am OK, so must be y'all in need .....lol------so sorry, jus couldn't pass up the opportunity to be a $#%**^$#@$%

God Bless and have a Blessed day

Jesus said---"I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die.....comes from John 11

Then 1st John 3 we read----"Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is."

I have always liked this , taken from Mark, also found in Math & Luke.....In Mark 9 ---the demon possessed son- Jesus said to him ( this would be to the boy's father) " If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes." Immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, "Lord, I believe, help my unbelief."

My footnotes---I believe; help my unbelief------ admitting the imperfection of his faith, mixed as it was with doubt, the desperate father pleaded with Jesus to help him to have the greater faith the Lord demanded of him.

To me, our faith is a gift from God, not something we manufacture ourselves....Although we (I) have been given such a gift I often realize just how weak my faith is------I have found over the years that keeping this Scripture in mind is a real blessing and a real help in the hour of need.....I often wonder if the Christian ever gives thought to just how weak their faith (belief) is, although they say they believe, just how strong is that belief? We think --"OH YA! I believe, but our word believe is a watered down version of the Biblical word believe-----believe in the N.T. means adherence to, committal to, faith in, reliance upon, trust in and not only involves the consent of the mind but an act of the heart-----Trust me when I say----I need help with my weak faith/belief. Although I have said "I have a very strong faith"----I also know in my heart of hearts just how weak this faith truly is and find myself often saying---"Lord! Help my unbelief"------

God Bless and remember the only Bible many will see today is YOU, the Christian, which raises the question----what are they reading by your actions

Ditto on the thanks, gotta agree on wars—— I can not seriously think of the young men & women who died at a young age in service to our country, they never get the chance to marry, or have kids who grow without a parent, they will never know the joys and sorrows of life, never can I think on this with out tears in my eyes,,, they gave it all,,, they are the real hero’s..... I was a lucky one, I served in security for White Hose helicopters during the Kennedy/Johnson years.... with that top secret clearance I could not even think of going to combat much less go. It was gravy duty if there was ever gravy duty... lol... I have friends who brought home a lot of baggage fro Nam, no way can I identify—-only sympathize, we have talked of their experiences, we have cried together over their pain, we have prayed together,,,,, I only wish I could identify to be worthy to share their pain...hey look, have a great evening and God Bless,,,, take care

USMC.... 1962-1966..... I stood for my flag, I still stand for my flag .... I am not looking for an argument here nor will I be drug into one.... people like to talk tuff and crap when pecking on a key board, that don’t sit well with me....I am not say you are, I am jus saying,,,,, I have had in the past a very ugly side one which God has aided me in changing. God Bless

I am sorry, I have no idea where that came from..... I learned a long time ago that it is useless to even try to debate politics, it can be a real dividing thing.....go back across our & your responses and notice how they went from comments to what appeared or showed signs of hatred or very strong willed thoughts.... I honestly believe many good folks have traded their faith for politics or replaced faith with politics.... I am very opinionated, strong willed, and can be a royal pain in the rear. I love my country and would give my life in a moment for her, I also know what God has done to change me into a better man, each day I ask God to make me a better man today than I was yesterday, part of the change is respecting other people for their difference in thought and deed. I firmly believe that if Christians would do or strive to do as Scripture teaches our world would be a better place. I have also learned that my front porch needs cleaning before I tell my neighbor to clean theirs,,,, politically, did I like Obama, no, but he was my president, do I like Trump, jury still out, but I do like his results, Bush ? , yes but he was a big spender, do I love USA? With out a doubt.... does it break my heart to see what is happening to my country? Beyond measure. I love God—— I love my family—— I love my fellow man & I love my country... i meant for my post not to be political but a post pointing to God......God has all the answers, not man.

God Bless

I thought Christians were called to show love and kindness, not hate. I thought Scripture taught that God knows full well who is appointed leaders and Christians were to show respect. Many folks wonder why is Christianity loosing its foot hold in America----may I suggest to you, that it could be those professing Christian's actions, that make others realize the there is no difference in a Christian or Joe Blow on the street. It appears that satan has a strong foothold in our churches and the pulpits.....the answer runs easy----"if you gonna talk the talk, you gotta walk the walk." It doesn't take a person with a Masters or a PHD to understand what Jesus said----IMO---tooooo many people have been educated beyond their intelligence and they think they know more than the creator.......

MAN!!!!! Open mouth, insert foot

So why do so many Christian leaders who said it was wrong to judge Obama---judge Trump? My personal answer-----I think Christians leaders should leave politics to the politicians and get back to saving poor lost souls.....Jesus came to save the lost, heal the broken hearted, heal the sick---- not to change the Roman empire.......It often concerns me that one day I stand before God and he ask me why I did not witness to someone He put in my path, now if I am concerned about my actions then it is terrifying to think of a minister, a Shepard of God's people, standing before God trying to explain why he/she were more concerned with politics than with saving a poor lost soul.------Scripture, God's Word, tells us a lot about these monkeys professing to be christian leaders while all along they are wolves in sheep clothing

Today---- there is no better time than to start checking out Scripture----time has come when one can not believe me, Rick, Greg, the Sunday school teacher or the Preacher in the pulpit----the time has come to read God's word and ask for guidance from the Holy Spirit----remember the disciples were not highly educated men, they got their learning from the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit is every bit as active in our lives today as He was back 2000 years ago.......

Dog-gone it Greg, I was jus sitting here minding my own business, thinking maybe I will check out the computer before attending to my Chair Duty time, and BANG!! Here you are stirring the ole pot to see if you can get us going-----looks like it worked-----but as always----God Bless

We often speak of forgiveness, we are called to forgive others, but, maybe it is just me, I don't know, but I find the hardest person to forgive is myself or maybe it should be that the hardest person to accept forgiveness is myself or one's own self........this morning as I was reading my Scripture I realized that the disciples were maybe way more hard headed than I-----I mean they were right there with Jesus and saw things 1st handed, yet doubted, failed to see the meaning of things done, example, after seeing the 5,000 men + women & children fed they still had a hard heart, now think for a moment of all the things Jesus had done in their presence and they still did not get it, even after Jesus arose from the dead Thomas doubted---------then all this sort of cleared up for me a bit, coming to me personally, If the disciples struggled it would only be natural that we here 2000 +years later would struggle....we slip. we fall, we get dusty, but all we need to do is ask for forgiveness and move on. The struggle will always be there, we just need to learn to overcome......Some folks think being a Christian requires perfection, sorry, but only ONE was ever perfect and they nailed Him to a cross!!! Scripture tells us to BELIEVE, so let's start there. For me---the Christian faith is simple----Love God and Love your neighbor----If you do that everything else will fall into place------I know many will say well, you gotta do this or you gotta that----Listen, I believe if one Loves God and One Loves his neighbor then the Holy Spirit will guide and direct all others things into place-----Think about it for just a moment, Rick, Greg, Steve, Me and others here on the board have never listed a long list of things we ever did to be forgiven and accepted by God----God's Grace is free, you can't work for it, you can't steal it, you can't wiggle your way in, you can't deceive your way in-----all one has to do is just accept it-----think about it, do you love God???----do you love your neighbor??? Only 1 person can answer those 2 questions------Back to the top---I don't understand it nor to I understand why, but I know I am forgiven ---- what a blessing that is to have this peace of mind

Now Y'all have a great weekend & carry God along with you where-ever you go---He is good company to have around

A little food for thought this Wednesday morning

Hebrews 10:31----"It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God"

like the U-tube----I had a driver years ago tried taking a 13'6" under a 12" underpass, didn't quite fit. For some reason or another he ended up looking for new employment...lol. We noticed on our trip that it is a whole new dangerous world out there on the big roads today, I mean 4 wheelers----18 wheelers they want to change lanes they just flip on a turn signal and here they come, no need to check a mirror, I want to change lanes, you get out of my way......and when this happens it is a real Spiritual test...lol

Years ago New York ran a study to find out why people were running into Fire Trucks----the reason, ready for this? "They didn't see them!".....this is when the Fire Dept changed from red paint to this loud green color.....Like, you can't pay attention when driving, here, let us change the color and repaint ......MAN!!! Wish I hadn't went to how stupid things are.........All your fault.

Have a really Blessed day and if you are on the ole Harley You know full well how careful you have to be, you not only have to handle the bike, but have to almost drive the cars around you, so to speak

SHHHHH !!!! Been real quite around here today, so—- our thought for bed time, I think Rick mentioned this the other day, anyway here we go—-

Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so,,, allow this song to drift into your lil ole P brain,,,, we think of it as a children’s song, the other week we sang it in church and it was like the roof was raised several inches.....!Why?? For me, with all my sins, my short comings, my fears, my sorrows,,,,, what a wonderful thought——-through it all, Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so—— that my friend is very comforting ,,,, jus say’n......

Psalm 50:15. (I think ) Call upon me in your time of trouble and I will deliver you——-

Take care & God Bless—- life is toooooo short not to consider your place in eternity, you don’t need to be a born again Christian, nor a believer to give careful consideration to your eternal resting place,,,, I ask you take a moment and ask yourself the question about your eternal life,,,,

God loves you and we do toooooo

I wish I had a dollar for every time I have used this passage,,,,, that’s all one needs to do,,,, ask, seek & knock