Saturday, May 20, 2023

WHEN IN NEED PRAY.




Quit working.  Didn’t know what I

was doing, but tore it all to pieces

anyway.  Had to pray.  I still don’t

know why, but God started it 

working again.  PRAISE GOD.



 

Saturday, November 19, 2022

GETTING OLD



That old bike looks like I feel at this age.

Years ago I bought a few acres of woods 
in the state tax sales.  At the time I wanted
a lot more woods than that little patch to 
hid in.

The patch of woods came with a trash pile.
People had been dumping things there for 
years.  I think I hauled out two pickup loads
of metal from the pile and sold.

True I was disappointed that I was able to
not buy more.  BUT, after about ten years
and the way things have worked out, I have
had to thank God many times that he let me
get this little place rather than some of the 
ones I really wanted.


 

Saturday, October 29, 2022

OVERHAUL TIME



That is an old pitcher pump at Fort Rock
Family Camp.  It probably was installed
mostly for appearance sake.  But, the small
kids just love it.

Any time camp is going you can look over
at that old pump[ and some kid will be pumping
the dickens out of it.  It has "city" water in the
tub underneath, but the kids don't know the 
difference.

I have been a volunteer worker at Fort Rock
Family Camp for possibly ten years.  Mostly
I just repair things.  That means when that old
pump gets worn out, I have to repair it.  I have
no idea how many times I have had to overhaul
that poor old pump because the kids keep 
wearing it out.

But, isn't that just like life.  Day after day we
go through the motions of life and it puts a 
lot of wear on us.  In time if we are not care-
full we become indifferent to the things of 
God while we are just trying to survive the
things of life.

It would be well for us to heed the advice
that the apostle Paul gave to young Timothy:

"This is why I remind you to fan into 
flames the spiritual gift God gave you
when I laid my hands on you."
(2 Timothy 1:6 NLT)





 

Saturday, October 8, 2022

BEWARE


Thank God it does not belong to anyone
in this family.  My sun-in-law rented it 
for a business trip.

Is my contempt for the model or the 
brand.?  No.  I did look at the brand,
but have now forgotten what it is.

It is this kind of thing.
I was sitting here at the kitchen table
when I heard a "beep" and the tail gate
went up all by it' self.  There was 
no-one around.

I checked with him.  Did he want the
tail gate up?  He did not even know it
was up.  He had the remote in his pocket
and had accidentally "butt dialed" the car
and the tail gate went up.

That was last night.
Today I happened to look out the window
and the back door was opening all by it's
self.  Yes, he was there with an arm load
of stuff.

Why does that concern me?
I was an auto technician at an automobile 
agency for over one forth of a century.  One
of the things I learned that hard way is that
all of those accessories and convinces break
down and somebody had to fix them.  In fact,
a very high percentage of our repair work was
on accessories, not on things that make the 
car go.

If you buy a car with a lot of accessories 
and convinces they will give you trouble.
If you want more trips to the shop to fix
things, buy lots of convinces to impress 
people with.




 

Saturday, October 1, 2022

TESTING



Frankly I do not know what I was testing.
I suspect that I was testing image size and
how it filled the page.

I have no idea who the first little girl is.  But
cute little kids are just too much to pass up.

The second image was taken about ten 
years ago.  She is my great granddaughter.
She was in need of a Bible.  So, grandpa 
and her went to buy her one.  She knew that
blue was my favorite color, so she dressed
in blue.

As soon as we got home she wanted to have
a Bible study.  Guess what!  She was going
to do the teaching.


Jesus said;
"I tell you the truth, unless you turn
from your sins and become like little
children, you will never get into the 
Kingdom of Heaven."
(Matthew 18:3 NLT)

The older I get and the more foolishness
I see, both in the church and out of the 
church.  The more I am beginning to
understand this truth.








Saturday, September 24, 2022

GETTING AWAY WITH IT?



There is a sharp, blind left hand curve 
with a steep down hill slope ahead.

But I don't think my truck will even
go as slow as one point five mile an hour.
In fact, I double that I have ever gone as
slow as fifteen miles per hour on this curve.

Why?
Because I think I can get away with it.
This is a rural county and anybody 
driving as slow as the speed limit is
simply holding up traffic.

[Obviously that bottom mounting bolt
makes it look like a different figure 
than was intended.]

Arn't we all that way in life?  We think
the cops can't see us and so we can
get away with it.

It might work with the cops - some
times - but we had better remember
that God sees everything we do and
even knows everything we think.



 

Saturday, September 17, 2022

OLD GRUMPY



A few years ago I was at Shamrock bolt
and nut supply in Springdale Arkansas.
This dog came out of a side office to 
either meet me or check me out.

If all the grumpy looking people in the
world were as friendly as this dog is, this
old world would be a whole lot better
place to live in.

It should have put on a pair of silly 
looking sun glasses to hide behind
like people do.

Anyway, I am happy to have meet
that old dude.