Devotions

Monday,  October 1 Assurance for Today                       None of us know. What today will bring. What may be lurking out there tomorrow. What our life will be like 5 years from now. It doesn’t matter because we can trust the strong hands of Jesus to hold us and our world …

This gem is from Hearts across the Water written in 2005.  It’s subtitle is “Stories of Hope.”  It details the good people and heroic deeds done following the Indian Ocean tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, and its bad little sister, Hurricane Rita. Watching the edge of Isaac breeze through Dry Creek brought back so many memories.   Baptist Beer       …

  We’ve been in Houston for a few days. It’s always a good trip to make me glad I live twenty-five miles from a traffic signal.     Trivia:  Did you know you can drive from Dry Creek, Louisiana to Pineville and never be stopped by a red light?   If you know the path, let me know.   As …

  Part 5  This is the fifth installment of an autobiography I was required to write for our upcoming mission position. I share it with no pretense of it being self-glorification.  It is simply a timeline of God’s faithfulness in our lives.  I have written it with a transparent and honest spirit. The weaknesses are all mine… the triumph belongs …

This page is for readers who want more. Stay tuned to http://www.creekbank.net.  We’ll be adding photos, trivia, and extra stories.    

Yesterday, we started the journey on my required 10 page autobiography.  This is part 2.  Click on the previous blog post to read part 1. Part 2   A tragic event occurred in 1958 that impacted my family when my six-year-old uncle was run over and killed.  I was two and don’t remember the event but it has affected my …

Part of our application process to serve with the International Mission Board was writing a 6-10 page “autobiography.” My wife DeDe looked at this requirement and shook her head.  “There’s no way I can write six pages about myself.” Curious Curt had a different reaction.  “How can I limit it to ten pages?” That’s why we make such a good …

Updated 1April 2013 2013 Life Plan as of 30Mar2013  on file: 2013April_My Life Plan_Iles.docx Curt Iles     What Matters Most: PIN 1. My Jesus-Walk   I want to chase hard after Jesus.  Haraka haraka!            2013 Key Verse: “When they saw the courage of Peter and John and how they were uneducated common men, they took note that …

  I seek to live by six defining words.  It helps keep me focused and purposeful.  Here are my current words as of August 2012. I’d love to hear about the words you’ve selected.  

    This chapter is from our upcoming short story collection,  Christmas Jelly.  It contains two of the most powerful stories on forgiveness I’ve ever heard. May Ruth and Biggie’s stories touch you as they have me.   On Forgiveness   Forgiveness: the greatest gift to give. You can receive it. You can give it. It’s the gift that keeps …

Thursday, July 26 Today is a Lake Charles day.  I’m speaking to the Power Ladies Lunch at Glad Tidings Assembly of God. It will be fun!   Hope.  It’s such a big word. It’s when our candle is flickering And the tender reed of our heart bent and bruised That hope is most needed. It’s when Jesus always shows up.  …

 This is day one of a three-part travelogue on my recent train trip to California.  Enjoy! “All Aboard!” The conductor called out. I hefted my backpack and stepped aboard the Amtrak train. “Where are you headed?” “San Francisco.” “That’s a long way’s from here in Lake Charles.” “Yes, it is.”   I didn’t reveal the reason for my trip.  He’d probably …

On The Journey Sunday, July 1 Mrs. Audry Tyler, age 90, shuffles past me on her walker.  Another church member says,  “Curt, I heard you’re going to be overseas on missions.” “Yes, we’ll be gone two to three years.” Mrs. Audry, who served me hundreds of lunches during my school days, says,  “Well, Curt, you won’t be seeing me again.” …