Several weeks ago I met a preacher at the hospital. He was an older man. During the course of our conversation he recalled World War I. So I would have to say he was rather seasoned. The strange thing about our conversation was how the conversation began. We were in the waiting room and had [...]
Archive for February, 2008
At the moment, I am recovering from surgery that I had this morning. This has been a most painful experience. I have had this kidney stone since July. I had surgery for it in January that was not successful. So today’s procedure was much different than last months. Today the Doctor had to go inside to [...]
Well, my meeting with God was changed this morning. The wake up call came about 30 minutes early. It’s all good. His call to arise from sleep was much nicer than that of an alarm clock and my wife kicking me out of the bed so she can continue her sleep. God surprised me with [...]
I heard a great song today for the first time. I’m not sure of the name. There was this one statement in the song that leaped out as I heard it, “I’ll go anywhere at any cost for my King.” As I heard that I wrote it down and sat there and pondered those words. [...]
Distractions. Focusing on others. Problems. Things out of control. Noise. Interruptions. Work. Money. Career. Moving up. More noise. There’s a lot of talk about change these days. One can’t watch the news without hearing about change. Driving down the street there are signs up and bumper stickers promoting change. But in all the noise of [...]
Oswald Chambers said today, ‘Beware of the competing calls.’ I have always been stumped by the phrase or question concerning ‘calling”. This is one of those things that really tripped me up while in college. In fact, I was so caught up with it that I think I missed out. There is for sure a [...]
