I’m presently sitting in the customer waiting area of an auto dealership waiting for a part replacement and oil change. I am finding more and more I hate sitting around strangers. Every time I clear my throat, you suddenly feel eyes on you like you have the plague. Which makes me want to turn around … Continue reading Public spaces
isolation
The older we get the more we need our friends.
This article in the Atlantic struck a cord with me when I started reading it. I’m going through a situation with a friend right now. Someone who I’ve known close to thirty years. This time… I do not know if I want things repaired or not. However, I am doing my best to keep my … Continue reading The older we get the more we need our friends.
The day after…
I hope everyone has a nice Christmas with family and friends. I know a few people who were alone and not close enough to visit. They sounded miserable. Don’t forget to check on folks in your life. Especially those that are alone. The holidays makes it worse for them. Let me say… I am glad … Continue reading The day after…
Changes
This morning as you stop to read this entry, I’m starting day 118 of not having smoked a cigarette!!! That’s 3 months and 26 days. I am amazed by this. I figured for sure I worked have stumbled along the way but so far I’ve made it. I’m getting to the point now I am … Continue reading Changes
Celebration!
This morning starts 70 days since I quit smoking! I am amazed I have gone this long without the urge to buy a pack and light up. I have to admit. The nicotine gum I believe made it easier than using the patch. I guess because you are physically doing something which does something in … Continue reading Celebration!
Good morning
Didn’t do gym this morning. An injured muscle seems to not want me to push it. So I did a little over mile walk instead. Feels like a still shot for a horror movie Was someone riding around in a SUV acting little odd in my opinion. Made me wish I was carrying. Full moon … Continue reading Good morning
ROMANS 12:2
“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is — His good, pleasing, and perfect will.” While we certainly ought to engage in the world, Paul warned against becoming so consumed by its … Continue reading ROMANS 12:2
MATTHEW 6:30
“If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will He not much more clothe you — you of little faith?” Even if His provision doesn’t look the way we think it should, God can be trusted to meet our greatest needs. … Continue reading MATTHEW 6:30
COLOSSIANS 3:1-2
“Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.” While we should certainly be informed and engaged, we should not despair as if we have no hope. Ultimately, as Paul … Continue reading COLOSSIANS 3:1-2
ROMANS 8:26
“In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.” More often than not, it seems, the issues before us are too complex and troubling to understand. In this passage, Paul made it clear … Continue reading ROMANS 8:26