Making a Difference in your Life, in the Parts that are for Keeps!
Advice to younger generation:
And,
Advice from 88-yr-old cousin to 75-yr-old:
“Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth,
Before the difficult days come,
And the years draw near when you say,
‘I have no pleasure in them.’ “
For quite some time I have realized one of the blessings of having older friends and acquaintances–
Don’t Complain—Be Thankful.
Be strict enough so it means something.
Be strict enough so you can show mercy that means something.
I’m not the only one weary of ‘finding a church ?’ and giving up.
Then what ?
Many have given up on church—many of my friends—and Sunday has no meaning different from the other days.
Many families are left without spiritual leadership and direction, when the father and husband does not step up to his God-given place in the home (that the church had served, filled, before).
Many have tasted the blessing of worshipping together as a family, with other families, and hearing simple, rich teaching from the Bible to satisfy their souls.
Then something went wrong, and they forever cannot fail to see the fallacies and pitfalls in every other church they might consider.
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“Lord, give me wisdom to give a word of real encouragement to someone in that place.”
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Christians, Jesus Followers, we need each other—together.
If not in a ‘church’, then let’s get together in a home.
That’s how real church started at the start, at the beginning.
Let’s start over.
It’s time.
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And, God knows we need the break.
“The Sabbath (day of rest) was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.”
There is freedom in one care-free day spent with God with family and friends.
Response :
“Struggling (weary) to keep working every day—can’t afford to skip a day every week, and not work.”
Dichotomy like tithing – is it a blessing, or “I can’t afford to tithe.”
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One Day
No Work.
No Plans.
No Rush.
No Worry.
No Hurry.
No Regret.
No Kidding.
No Excuses.
No Delay.
Nothing else to say.
D O I T ! ! !
Christian,*
“WHEN YOU’VE BLOWN IT, OWN IT.”
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*also,
Preacher,
Politician,
Reporter,
Husband,
Wife,
Mom,
Dad,
“WHEN YOU’VE BLOWN IT, OWN IT.”
SCHEDULING TIME FOR . . .
OR
SPENDING TIME WITH . . .
Time ?
Time for what we must do !
Time for what’s important to us !
Time for people important to us !
Time for health !
Time for fun !
Time alone !
Time for God !
Time with God !
Time to GO !
Time to STOP !
Schedule time ?
Why do we need to schedule time ?
Can we schedule time ?
Does scheduling time mean we have too much in our day ?
Does scheduling time mean we are better because we get more done ?
Does scheduling time make it go farther ?
Pioneers and Us ?
Seems like they did not have to focus on scheduling like we do.
Seems like they did not try to, or think they could, get more done by scheduling better.
They just worked hard until the day was over.
Always seems to me that we could learn from them, even to counter the expectations of ‘scheduling’.
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Think !
How does it make us feel ?
Is there a difference ?
+ Scheduling time for those closest to us.
+ Spending time with those closest to us.
Whenever I visit Ted Winkler, I can only say it is another taste of heaven.
That was especially true last Sunday afternoon.
Five members of his family were there, and the place was filled with the honor due their father and grandfather.
I am amazed and thankful for the ease and clarity with Ted as he shared about any subject, and how his heart breaks for the fellow veterans who don’t have the family like he does, and cry out bitterly.
This adds to the blessing of another taste of heaven, when I asked Ted what I could pray for most, for him.
He said, “Nothing. God has blessed me and given me everything I ever asked for. I’m just thankful.”
W O W ! ! !
Can I possibly expect to experience that from God in my life ?
I’m just thankful for Ted Winkler—his faith, his life, his testimony, his service.
Walking in and out of the Temple VA Nursing Home, I said to several people, “Coming here teaches me to not complain.”
Read TASTE OF HEAVEN on this site.
(written in 2010)
Wrong sex* is like poking a hole through a dam to get a drink of water. While you’re drinking, you don’t care how big the hole gets because you’re thirsty and the gushing water feels so good as it gets stronger. When your thirst is quenched and you see the damage and try to plug the hole, you can’t do it—it’s impossible. You can only watch the rest of the dam wash away. Then you have to rebuild the whole thing. However, you will always know where the weak spot is in the dam in case you want to do this whole thing over again.
*as defined in the Bible—any sex not exclusively with your lifelong marriage partner
“This is my body, . . . This is my blood. *
This is my body – – – This is my choice.
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How blasphemous ! ! !
Abortion is indeed the sacrament of the left, of evil, of the devil.
Your baby is not your body !
YOUR BABY IS NOT YOUR BODY ! ! !
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* “This is My body, given for you.
This is My blood, shed for you.”
—–Jesus, to every follower in His Truth
“The thief (devil) comes to kill, steal, and destroy;
I came that you may have life, and have it more abundantly.”
—–Jesus, to every child inside their mother
Jesus came to give life, not take life.
He gives us life, every single one of us.
He gave His life, for our sin.
He gives meaning to all of our lives, in all circumstances—and, in all locations.
Note that Jesus said He came that we may (might) have life—we can accept His offer of life for ourselves, or reject it.
We can extend His offer of life to protect the unborn, or reject it—and join the thief, the devil, in the most despicable “killing and stealing and destroying” the lives of precious babies.
This is an assortment of the minor details of life, some with explanation, some without.
ESSENTIAL MINUTIA – ‘Minor Detail’—we’ve often heard or used that phrase to highlight how a particular matter is anything but minor.
ESSENTIAL MINUTIA – Billy Graham emphasized three things essential to success in his ministry—Prayer, Prayer, Prayer.
ESSENTIAL MINUTIA – James Dobson emphasized three things essential to success in his ministry—Detail, Detail, Detail.
ESSENTIAL MINUTIA – The Bible verse that tells the creation of the big lights, ends with a simple mention of “and He made the stars also.”
— In all 6000 years of history, who ever knew how big that little phrase at the end of making the big lights (sun, moon) that order our days “. . . the stars also”—how big that would be.
— We always knew there were too many stars to count.
— Who ever knew how big each one of them is ?
— Who ever knew how many there are, until now ?
— And now, with advanced science exploring ‘out there’ and counting, we have a better idea how many stars there are.
— So, how many stars are there, really ?
— We have no idea, there are so many, and so many more ! ! !
ESSENTIAL MINUTIA – If God took care in creating all the extravagant detail of the universe, the monumental and the minutia—and then topped it all by creating us—most surely He cares about taking care of us, in every detail.
ESSENTIAL MINUTIA – This includes daily routines in our personal lives, our families, our children, our health, our fitness, and challenging changes in details for seniors.
ESSENTIAL MINUTIA – Consider the VERY FIRST thought, word, action of your day.
— God, spouse, bathroom.
— Pattern, to habit, to auto-routine.
— Must not be automatic, not just a routine.
ESSENTIAL MINUTIA – Is each morning, each new day a routine ?
— Not on your life.
— Your life, you’re given another day—why ?—what for ?—from God.
— What will you do with this non-guaranteed gift ?
— THANK THE GIVER, for starters.
— Find what He has for you, why He gave you another day.
— Commit to giving it back to Him.
— Faithfulness, service, sacrifice, PRAISE.
ESSENTIAL MINUTIA – Covid mandates.
— Essentials open, others closed.
— Says who ?
— ESSENTIAL CHURCH, watch the movie.
ESSENTIAL MINUTIA – Jesus fed over 5000 people, with plenty of free food, and then He told them to gather the leftovers, the crumbs, so nothing is wasted.
ESSENTIAL MINUTIA – “But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty.”
ESSENTIAL MINUTIA – Jesus often got up a great while before day and departed to a solitary place and prayed, and sometimes he prayed all night.
ESSENTIAL MINUTIA – Details for seniors.
— Little things that were/should be automatic routine, now take most of your time, and all of your concentration.
— ‘Important Things’ become MOST IMPORTANT.
ESSENTIAL MINUTIA – Does God have everything covered when we don’t, when we start losing it ?
ESSENTIAL MINUTIA – Time alone with Jesus, every day, often.
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Read SENIOR YEAR(S) on this site (type in search bar).
For everyone who is married . . .
You are either growing closer or drifting away from the one you love.
The secret, the solution, the guarantee—spend time with the one you love.
For everyone who is a Jesus follower . . .
You are either growing closer or drifting away from the One you love.
The secret, the solution, the guarantee—spend time with the One you love.
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