Blessings from God – Peanuts!
Well, along with the Cotton, they’re also harvesting peanuts around here. This is the field across the road from our house. The peanut plants were turned over a few days ago and are now dry and ready...
View ArticleHeirlooms – Inherited Estates Aren’t Always Good, but can be Wonderful
I was sidetracked from my “heirloom” blog this week. On Tuesday, I went to the ER with chest pains and by the end of the day had a heart cath performed and a stent put in. The Lord had put me in the...
View ArticleAs the Deer Pants for Water….
These kittens know what’s inside the door and that it’s time for it to be brought out to their food bowl. They jump on the door and scratch in anticipation. Squeaks, purrs, and meows fill the air. They...
View ArticleReflecting God’s Light in a Dark World
Here are last Spring’s caladiums under the Dogwood tree. As you see, I plant the white ones with a few green veins. I like this variety because we can see them “glowing” in the shade, and they seem to...
View ArticleMerry Christmas – God Bless You and Yours
Merry Christmas to all – God Bless you and yours. “For He said, “Surely they are my people, children who will not deal falsely.” And He became their Savior.” Isaiah 63:8 ESV
View ArticleWarm Up With God to Start the Day II
I first posted this last winter, but I have a new camera since then, and it seems like a lot more birds, I wanted to re-post with some new pictures. I also included a bonus of the red Berries on the...
View ArticleBlessings from God – 100 Followers (Plus 3?)
I thank the Lord and all of you out there who follow this blog. We reached a milestone of 100 followers last week. It is humbling to think there are that many people who went through the time and...
View ArticleBible Study – Cherish the Knowns, Work on the Unknowns
Since I’ve started a bit of “birding” in the backyard, I’m discovering just how many unknowns I have. Here are three unknowns that decided to get a bite to eat at the same time. I thought I was fairly...
View ArticleConfused Peach Tree? – Praise the Lord!
I’ve seen quite a few blog posts about this winter’s weird weather – I agree it’s been weird around here. The picture was our peach tree back in January. The weather was warm enough, long enough, to...
View ArticleDo You Look Like Just Another Board in the Fence?
Do you stand out like a new creation? A few weeks ago I headed out to a jobsite and went by the Meldrim Sisters’ Farm. The sisters are no longer living but their legacy lives on because the house and...
View ArticleThe Sign (and Power) of the Cross
I saw the small cross on the side of the road ahead and my heart sank as I thought “oh no, not someone else”. It looked like one of those crosses that families and friends place in memory of someone...
View ArticleWhat Ingredients Create Our Spiritual Mulch?
The flower beds were a mess. Some still are since it’s a work in progress. I didn’t add any mulch in the fall, so the weeds were free to multiply and the warm winter helped them along. But, thankfully,...
View Article400,000 Miles of Blessings
I suppose every week has some kind of milestone. We just don’t notice them all. But, last week I definitely noticed when my truck (98 Ford Ranger) hit the 400,000 mile mark. It’s been a great truck – a...
View ArticleSure Signs of Faith
Want a sure sign that Spring is here? Then, look for the budding pecan trees. They seem to be the last large trees around here (south Georgia) that bud out. Want a sure sign of faith? Then look for...
View ArticleBlooms and Scripture 13
This magnolia blossom isn’t perfect but it is significant. Sharon has always wanted a magnolia tree so she could smell the blossoms. This is our first blossom from our first magnolia tree – the tree...
View ArticleRoads Merge and God Gives Opportunities
This jumble of road signs is on the outskirts of Hawkinsville, GA. The highways come from different towns in various directions. They merge and spend a few miles and a little time together, and then...
View ArticleGas for Thirty Two Cents a Gallon – But, Jesus Paid it All
These aren’t nostalgia examples, they’re from earlier this afternoon. I really did fill up my truck for less than 5 dollars. Been a long time since I did that (actually, I don’t think I had a truck...
View ArticleChoosing Your Reference Point in Life
The engineering project is in the middle of nowhere, several miles from a crossroads called Cedar Springs, Georgia. The industrial plant sits on the Georgia side of the Chattahoochee River, which is...
View ArticleThe One Another’s in the Bible Tell Us What to Do
One of the daily devotionals on John MacArthur’s website (www.gty.org) mentioned the “one anothers”. They did sound like good things to do today. Edify one another (Rom. 14:19). “Serve one another”...
View ArticleWe Sinners Sometimes Need an Electric Fence to Keep Us In.
My cousin began shimmying, shook his shotgun in the air, and let out a yelp that sounded like a turkey gobble. We were walking through a section of tall grass and I was afraid a snake had bitten him....
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