April 13th, 2009 12:05pm
Terry
It happened over a period of time. I didn’t even notice that it was going on. Somehow, I lost my focus. Life became a dismal drudgery. How can someone go from being a happy, positive person to being a person ready to give up?
I retired in 2005. I had looked forward to retirement for several years and walked away from my job on my 55th birthday. WOW, what a great day. A few months later, my wife and I moved to New Hampshire. We felt that God was calling us to make this move. My wife’s family was here and it just seemed like everything pointed in this direction. As we looked for a house, we were led to an …
January 27th, 2009 10:59am
Terry
I play this game called Mahjongg. It’s on my computer. I guess it’s an ancient game from China. I play it a lot and sometimes it becomes a distraction. It’s a fairly straight forward game where you remove matching tiles from the playing board. Sometimes, I seem to see the moves without even trying and other times, I can’t see moves that are staring me in the face. Once in a while, I’ll look and look to find a single move. Then when I find it the computer tells me there are no more moves. It was the only move I could have made.
Sometimes, I live my life that way. Things are …
January 22nd, 2009 12:21pm
Terry
I have a hard time explaining faith. I’ve been a Christian long enough that I can give you a lot of theological reason and evidences to believe in Jesus. But, I can’t explain faith. How does someone come to a point of faith. It’s a lot like love. I can’t explain love, it’s just there. I can feel it, I know it’s there, But, I can’t explain it any more than I can explain air.
In his book, “Blue Like Jazz,” Donald Miller writes a chapter about Faith and Penguin Sex. It struck a …
December 27th, 2008 11:51am
Terry
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good.
His love endures forever.
Give thanks to the God of gods.
His love endures forever.
Give thanks to the Lord of lords:
His love endures forever.
(Psalm 136:1-3)
I don’t know about anyone else, but my God is good. He has been good through the years and I trust Him to be good forever. 2008 has been a year of new beginnings for me. Father has opened new avenues of service and has brought wonderful new friends into my life.
As I look forward to this new year (2009), I am excited to see what Father has in mind. I know …
December 22nd, 2008 10:40am
Terry
While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has …
November 13th, 2008 02:58pm
Terry
It’s late fall here in New Hampshire. All the leaves are down and we are already getting snow in the mountains. Some of the ski resorts will be open by the end of this month. For me, this is a favorite time of year. I enjoy the crisp fall air. I thoroughly enjoyed the changing color of the leaves and, even now, there is a certain beauty. The beauty is in the shapes of the branches and the backdrop of the pines, hemlocks, spruce etc.
As I was looking at all the naked trees, I was reminded of how the cycle of the seasons can affect people. For some, moods …
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