Wednesday, September 14, 2022

091422 An Old Farmer's Advice...

An Old Farmer’s Advice…

 

*Keep your fences horse-high, pig tight and bull strong

*Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.

*A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.

*Words that soak into your ears are whispered… not yelled.

*Meanness don’t jes’ happen overnight.

*Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads.

*Don’t corner something that would normally run from you.

*It doesn’t take a very big person to carry a grudge.

*You cannot unsay a cruel word.

*Every path has a few puddles.

*When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.

*The best sermons are lived, not preached.

*Most of the stuff people worry about ain’t never going to happen

anyway.

*Don’t judge folks by their relatives.

*Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

*Don’t interfere with somethin’ that ain’t botherin’ you none.

*Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain-dance.

*Sometimes you get and sometimes you get got.

*Don’t fix it if it ain’t broke.

*Always drink upstream from the herd.

*Good judgment comes from experience, & a lotta that comes

from bad judgment.

*If you get to thinkin’ you’re a person of some influence,

try orderin’ somebody else’s dog around.

*Live simply. Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly.

 

- Anonymous

 

“The Lord looks down from

Heaven upon the children of

Men,

To see if there are any who

Understand, who seek God.”

Psalm 14:2

 

Courage is not simply one

Of the virtues,

But the form of every virtue

At the testing point.

- C. S. Lewis

 

It is dangerous to be right

When the government is wrong.

- Voltaire

 

If we can effectively kill the

National pride and patriotism

Of just one generation,

We will have won that country.

- Joseph Stalin

 

 

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Monday, September 12, 2022

091222 quotes in honor of mom's birthday...

I remember my mother's prayers

And they have always followed me.
They have clung to me all my life.
 

- Abraham Lincoln

 

A mother is the truest friend we have,
when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us;
when adversity takes the place of prosperity;
when friends who rejoice with us in our

Sunshine desert us;
when trouble thickens around us,

Still will she cling to us,
and endeavor by her kind precepts and

Counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness,
and cause peace to return to our hearts.
 

- Washington Irving

 

Mothers hold their children's hands

For a short while,
but their hearts forever.
 

- Anonymous

 


 

Wednesday, September 07, 2022

090722 Do You Believe Everthing Happens for a Reason?

Do you believe that everything happens for a reason?

Yesterday morning we received a package delivered

By UPS the driver handed me the package after confirming

My identity. Then he asked me if I was the preacher here

At Barn Creek I replied yes, then he reached in a box and

Handed me a small metal cross with the words inscribed

“Jesus Christ is Lord” he told me to put it in my pocket to

Remind me of what life is all about.

 

Later in the afternoon I received a call from my dad. He told

Me he had some bad news to share with me.

He told me that my aunt Linda Childs of Corinth, MS

Had been involved in an automobile accident and she had

Passed from this earth life. She was on her way to see her Dr.

Unfortunately she didn’t make it.

She will never be at her earthly home again.

She leaves behind my uncle Jerry Childs, two daughters,

Two sons-in-law and her beloved grand-children, extended family

And many friends, her church family at Danville Church of Christ.

She was ready to go and we thank God for that.

She was a faithful Christian who loved the Lord and her fellow-man.

She had a servant’s heart.

Please remember the Linda Childs family in your prayers.

I am posting this poem in her memory and honor.

- Hayden Childs

I’ve Anchored in Jesus

Upon life’s boundless ocean
Where mighty billows roll,
I’ve fixed my hope in Jesus,
Blest anchor of my soul;
When trials fierce assail me
As storms are gathering o’er,
I rest upon His mercy
And trust Him more.

He keeps my soul from evil
And gives me blessed peace,
His voice hath stilled the waters
And bid their tumult cease;
My pilot and Deliverer,
To Him I all confide,
For always when I need Him,
He’s at my side.

He is my friend and Savior,
In Him my anchor’s cast,
He drives away my sorrows
And shields me from the blast;
By faith I’m looking upward
Beyond life’s troubled sea,
There I behold a haven
Prepared for me.

Refrain

I’ve anchored in Jesus,
The storms of life I’ll brave,
I’ve anchored in Jesus,
I fear no wind or wave.
I’ve anchored in Jesus,
For He hath power to save,
I’ve anchored to the Rock of Ages.

- Words & Music Lewis E. Jones

 


 

Tuesday, September 06, 2022

090622 quotes

 "Hear my prayer, O Lord,

Give ear to my supplications!

In Your faithfulness answer

Me,

And in Your righteousness.

Psalm 143:1

 

The most distinguishing

Feature of winners is their

Intensity of purpose.

- Alymer Letterman

 

It's supposed to be hard!

If it wasn't hard,

Anyone could do it!

IT'S THE HARD THAT

MAKES IT GREAT!

- Tom Hanks

A League of Their Own

 

 

Our Greatest Need…

 

If our greatest need had been information,

God would have sent us an educator.

If our greatest need had been technology,

God would have sent us a scientist.
 

If our greatest need had been money,

God would have sent us an economist.
 

If our greatest need had been pleasure,

God would have sent us an entertainer.
 

But our greatest need was forgiveness,

So God sent us a Savior.

 

- Charles Sell

 


 

 

Monday, September 05, 2022

090522 quotes

“He who gives to the poor will not lack,
But he who hides his eyes will have many curses.”

Proverbs 28:27

 

No one is useless in this world

Who lightens the burdens of

Another.

- Charles Dickens

 

The meaning of life is to find

Your gift.

The purpose of life is to give

It away.

- Pablo Picasso

 

Life will ultimately belong to

Those who look beyond a

Materialistic world and engage

In giving, sharing, and helping.

- Hermann J. Steinherr

 

 

 



 

 

 

Friday, September 02, 2022

090222 quotes

“Teach me to do Your will,

For You are my God;

Your Spirit is good.

Lead me in the land of

Uprightness.

Psalm 143:10

 

Never be too proud to

Get down on your knees

And pray.

- Coach Paul Bryant

 

The expectation level is high at the

University of Alabama and it should be.

What’s wrong with people expecting

Excellence?

- Coach Gene Stallings

 

Success doesn’t come from

Pie-in-the-sky thinking.

It’s the result of consciously

Doing something each day

That will add to your

Overall excellence.

- Coach Nick Saban

 

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Thursday, September 01, 2022

090122 quotes

“God is greatly to be feared in

The assembly of the saints,

And to be held in reverence

By all those around Him.

Psalm 89:7

 

A hard heart and a hard head

Make it hard for us to get

Anywhere with the Lord.

- James E. Gibbons

 

Deep down, it’s all baseball,

No matter what kind of geometrical

Shape you play it with.

- Vernon D. Burns

            

More than any other American sport,

Baseball creates the magnetic,

Addictive illusion that it can almost

Be understood.

- Thomas Boswell

 

The first and last duty of the lover

Of the game of baseball,

Whether in the stands or on the field,

Is the same as that of the lover of life itself…

To pay attention to it.

When it comes to the position of catcher,

As all but fools and shortstops will freely

Acknowledge, this solemn requirement is

Doubled.

- Michael Chabon

 

 

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Wednesday, August 31, 2022

083122 In Tribute Dr. James Duane Bolin...

Dr. James Duane Bolin

PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF HISTORY

Murray State University, Murray, KY

 

Dec.12th 1955 – Aug.27th 2022

 

Last Sunday afternoon I received a text message

From my brother Tim that my child-hood friend

Duane Bolin had passed from this earth life.

I was shocked and saddened to hear this news.

 

Although Duane was 6 years older we shared

much in common. Our love for the Lord, the

Game of basketball and history, His father and

Mine were both ministers in Dixon, KY.

 

I corresponded with him while he was writing

His book on Coach Rupp and the history of

Kentucky basketball.

 

I want to share this story…

One afternoon Duane came and played basketball with us

On Childs court outside of Dixon near our

Beloved W.C.H.S. I admired Duane and looked

Up to him. He was a great basketball player for

The Trojans and I loved watching him play the

Game. He gave me some pointers on my shot

That day. I have never forgotten it is fresh in

My memory as if we played together only

Yesterday.

 

I will be unable to attend the visitation and

Funeral but believe me I will be there “in spirit.”

 

Evelyn, Wesley and Cammie Jo you are in my

Prayers as you face life without Duane.

I encourage you to cast your burden on the Lord.

 

“Cast your burden on the

Lord,

And He shall sustain you;

He shall never permit the

Righteous to be moved.”

Psalm 55:22

 

The reality is that you

Will grieve forever.

You will not “get over”

The loss of a loved one;

You will learn to live with it.

You will heal and you will

Rebuild yourself around

The loss you have suffered.

You will be whole again but

You will never be the same.

Nor should you be the same

Nor would you want to.

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

© Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Family Limited Partnership


An excerpt of

WHAT WILL MATTER…

 

So what will matter?

How will the value of your days be measured?

 

What will matter is not what you bought but what you built,

Not what you got but what you gave.

What will matter is not your success but your significance.

What will matter is not what you learned but what you taught.

What will matter is every act of integrity, compassion, 

courage or sacrifice that enriched, empowered or encouraged

others to emulate your example.

 

What will matter is not your competence but your character.

What will matter is not how many people you knew,

But how many will feel a lasting loss when you’re gone.

What will matter is not your memories but the memories

of those who loved you.

What will matter is how long you will be remembered,

by whom and for what.

 

Living a life that matters doesn’t happen by accident.

It’s not a matter of circumstance but of choice.

Choose to live a life that matters.

 - Michael Josephson

© 2003

 

 

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