Dear Judah and my future grandchildren, So the question naturally arises, if God made us for a good and wonderful purpose; if we are supposed to reflect all that is good then why is there so much evil in the world? This is a good question. It is one that every human being asks. It... Continue Reading →
To Glorify God
Dear Judah and my future Grandchildren, It is important for you to know that you were created for a purpose. That purpose is to glorify God by enjoying Him forever. You, and every other person ever created, were designed to know God and reflect Him. You were designed to give creation a tangible example of... Continue Reading →
The Fear of the Lord
Dear Judah and my future Grandchildren, There are many things that I pray for you and want for you and hope for you. First know this, that your grandma and I love you more than you can imagine at this point. Second know this, that our love, or the love of your parents, is quite... Continue Reading →
Fearing Man more than God
John 5:1-17 After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic called Bethesda, which has five roofed colonnades. 3 In these lay a multitude of invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed. 5 One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight... Continue Reading →
The Chess Match: Part 4
Dinner was the normal crazy affair at my house. Not that everyone was going in different places, no. In fact one of the things that my mom really insisted upon was being at dinner at the same time. Dinner was crazy because you had 5 boys talking about what they did during the day at... Continue Reading →
What’s the point?
Oh, Lord what calms the belly of the soul? Each day men seek and do not find. Each day false idols to, men do wrongly bind. Greed eyes money, that happiness should bring. Lust eyes sex, to make the soul fully sing. Vigor eyes fame, from fans that surround. Age eyes purpose, from... Continue Reading →
“Every time you go away….”
Sorry for repeating a story you have heard but I want to see if I can write a post one day and have it post a few days later. The last post reminded me of when I worked as an orderly for my dad in an operating room. A most interesting moment came when a... Continue Reading →
“You Stab’em. We Slab’em.”
A nurse friend of mine told me that was the motto of the morgue where she used to work.
The Chess Match: Part 3
“Brandy!” I yelled at my Shetland as I climbed on the bus, ”will you get out of the way of the bus! We’ve got to get to school!” This particular dog of ours had an irritating habit of playing chicken with the school bus most every morning. Standing proud and erect though only just... Continue Reading →
How not to Chat
My computer has been acting up lately, running slowly and crashing with lots of memory errors. In an effort to fix this I recently researched some system utilities. I happened across one vendor's web site that offered mulitple utility programs that I thought would be helpful. Each program had its own information page. The first... Continue Reading →
A Grandpa's Musings 