Jan 26 2010
How many of you were asked these wonderful questions following Christmas, “How were your holidays and what did you get?” I anxiously awaited someone asking me these questions this year because I came up with great answers.
Dec 31 2009
Five, four, three, two, one, Happy New Year! Can’t you just hear fireworks exploding and people screaming! Honestly, I don’t really get all that worked up about a new year. Actually, I probably won’t even be awake when midnight rolls around!
Dec 26 2009
Family and friends are scattered all over the world this time of the year and we really long for them to be home with us. During the Christmas season we are bombarded with all those television commercials showing Joey who has just arrived back from the front lines, he walks up the steps, knocks on the door and surprises Mom and the rest of the family. It is tempting to be a bit upset because we want our loved ones home too.
Dec 23 2009
I might be wrong but it sure seems that retailers have held off a little longer than usual with advertising for Christmas. I don’t feel quite as bombarded by all the Christmas merchandising as I have in the past. Personally, I think this is fantastic! I would rather focus upon my personal relationship with the Lord and on my appreciation for the birth of baby Jesus in Bethlehem than to worry about what extravagant present I’m going to buy someone.
Dec 07 2009
Have you discovered that when you say something good about someone it has a ripple effect and ends up blessing others? The contrary is true as well. If you say something that is not good about someone it will end up getting back to that person and doing nothing but causing pain.
Nov 26 2009
Sometimes I think a chicken is nothing more than a turkey that just hasn’t grown up! If you are in the chicken or turkey business, please don’t be offended by that! I am simply trying to encourage people to be thankful this Thanksgiving.
Oct 21 2009
It took a man in a parking lot recently to remind me that I need to be thankful even for the little things. I confess that there are times when I am so wrapped up in international issues, problems within our own government and the strange things that take place by our own administration that I overlook the little things in life.
Oct 12 2009
If there is one thing that I know, it is that our Lord has a sense of humor and loves it when we are thankful. It has been raining here in Dixie for quite awhile so most days you don’t really need a pair of sunglasses. I was driving across Georgia during a thunderstorm when all of a sudden the clouds began to part and the sun began to shine. That was fine but I couldn’t find my sunglasses!
Oct 11 2009
Guess what? It is that time of the year again when I hit the road and visit churches throughout the U.S. I’d love to come visit your church, hint, hint! I was just at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Atlanta. While attending the weekly Family Night Supper on a Thursday night, I noticed hundreds of little children amongst all the families. Boy, if you could just capture all that energy!
Jul 18 2009
Do you know what day it is? Oh, I don’t mean Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or such. I mean do you understand what day this is, today. On this day you are one day closer to landing that job you have prayed for, you are one day closer to achieving your goal of losing weight, you are one day closer to beating that addiction and you are one day closer to spending eternity with Christ and finally being at peace.