Journal

  • Missed Opportunities

    I’d like to share something that happened to me a while back. I don’t want this podcast to be about me, but sometimes our testimony can help someone else who is going through something similar. God hears our prayers. I prayed that God would bring someone into my life that day who was in need….

  • Who’s In Control?

    I used to let my thoughts control me and now I control my thoughts. It is not an easy process. The first thing you need to establish is what direction do you want your thoughts to go? Right now what is your mind craving? There is usually some underlying theme that rules your thought process….

  • The Summer Patriot

    These are truly the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will in this crisis shrink from the service of their country…” Truer words have never been spoken and are relevant even today as we go through this trial.   Those who thrive on the mountain top, those sunshine patriots…

  • The Long Haul

    It’s raining outside the camper this morning. I’m sitting here having a cup of coffee and Mary and the dog are sleeping on the sofa. Normally Mary would stay in the house while I journaled. I felt like she just wanted to be close to me this morning. I’m glad she’s here. Sometimes having someone…

  • Coronavirus

    Psalm 55:13-14 “But it is you, a man like myself, my companion, my close friend, with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship at the house of God, as we walked about among the worshipers.” Because of this pandemic virus it has caused all church activities to cease. It has caused isolation and a sense of…

  • Surrender

    Job 1:21 Naked I came from my mothers womb and naked I will depart. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away. May the name of the Lord be praised.  Before I went to prison I led a life full of things. Cars, motorcycles, all types of technology, sexual things to satisfy the cravings…

  • The Red Kettle Drive

    It’s that time of year, as we get ready for Thanksgiving and Christmas. A time to reach out to those in need. And reach out we do, with gifts for children and food for those in need. But, it has to be more than just meeting a need. There has to be  hope. There will…

  • What Does God Want?

    He wants us to make Him first in our lives. “In all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”Proverbs 3:6 He wants us to have a job that gives us joy. “This is what I have observed to be good: that it is appropriate for a person to eat, to…