Have the golden years arrived yet? I’m facing, perhaps prematurely, my retirement in two weeks and have a lot of mixed feelings about it. This came about partly because at 62 years of age I was unwilling to spend two hours a day driving on country roads with little or no cell-phone reception to get to the school I had been assigned to when my school was closed permanently. But I’ve been wishing I could retire to become a full-time writer
1 Corinthians 1:3-9 Click on this link to read the passage. You may select your preferred version of the Bible after the link opens. I always thank God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. 1 Corinthians 1:4 Whenever I read this passage I think of those Christians who have led me to a relationship with Jesus Christ. This list includes a variety of people, but among the most influential of these was a small group
Even though I am not quoting scriptures in this post as I normally do on this blog, there is no doubt in my mind that God has led me to say these things to those who have an ear to hear. God created man in His own image. All human life is sacred. Feel free to copy this post into emails and send it to everyone across this country.
Deaths: American soldiers killed in the Iraq war 4189
Deaths: American soldiers killed in the Iraq war 4189 Worldometers Doccumented civilian deaths from suicide bombings and violence in Iraq: 88,780 – 96,900 (2003-2008) http://www.antiwar.com/casualties/ Abortions in 2008 alone 38,639,842 (as of 11/2/2008 a.m.) Worldometers Regarding abortion, how in the world can anyone who opposes abortion support the killing and maiming of children who are already born and are aware of pain and loss, in the name of war? This question was posed to me by
I received a phone call from a neighbor today who was upset about the number of “bees” that were swarming all over her cedar tree. When I went to see the “bees” I discovered that they were not bees but they were yellowjackets, and they were all over her cedar tree foraging for the sweetness in the sap of the tree. There is a distinct difference between honeybees and yellowjackets. Honeybees are fuzzy and their color is usually orange and brown and