The Peak of Inspiration

It seems fitting to me that the exercise of writing a Christmas letter comes just a few weeks before the opportunity to make New Year’s resolutions arrives.  I believe it benefits us to think about the path behind us.  Remember how our needs have been supplied and our blessings multiplied.  Quite likely writing this does…

…for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I’ve committed unto him against that day.  2 Timothy 1:12 Yesterday we went on an outing.  This outing consisted of traveling 4 hours to Denver with our youth group for their annual Christmas activity.  Our first stop…

A few days ago, we visited a Civil War battlefield.  We had the place more or less to ourselves.  We walked through the museum which displayed the various weapons of warfare and how this particular battle had been fought.  We took a self-guided auto tour around the battlefield itself and visited a few different sites…

And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand.  Revelation 8:4 We’ve all seen the pictures.  We’ve heard the stories and been fascinated by the facts and circumstances surrounding the events of August 6 and 9, 1945.  The sheer volume and…

In memory of all those that have left us for something better… For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.  Romans 8:18 In a way, words are empty.  Especially written words.  They’re just black spots on an otherwise…

This isn’t the first time I have told this story.  For some reason, whenever November rolls around and Thanksgiving is in sight, this experience visits my memory.  It seems like every time I reconsider it, there is another lesson or truth revealed.   The following narrative took place on a July weekend some years ago. …

I’m sure most of you can relate to the feeling you get when setting a puzzle and, after many hours of searching, fitting, and patience, you get to the final ten pieces.  Then the last five, then three, then one.  And it’s not there.  You look around, brush the carpet, search under the table, lift…

The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. Psalms 16:6 I stopped to fill my pickup with gas the other day at our local filling station.  After pumping the gas, I had to run inside to retrieve the receipt because, true to form for this particular station, there…

Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shalt find it after many days.  Ecclesiastes 11:1 I’ll admit to you right off that I don’t know where this will end up.  There have been a few times when I have a fairly good idea what the last paragraph will consist of, and it all falls…