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Proverbs 8:1  “Does not wisdom* call out?  Does not understanding* raise her voice?” Proverbs is a book of wisdom.  Several times in the book, especially in chapter 8, wisdom is personified as a woman calling out to passersby with wisdom, intelligence, and insight. In chapter 9, another woman calls out (v.13)  She is named the woman Folly. She’s loud, brash, …

I’ve been waiting for this date: October 10, 2010.  10-10-10. In the present century, there’s only two left of its ilk:  11-11-11 and 12-12-12. Here’s a good quote for today: “You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart.” -John Ford, Legendary Film Director As I write and dream, I often think how wonderful it …

Proverbs for the day:  Listen my son to your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. Proverbs 1:8   Good advice for any age. A white flash streaks across the northern horizon. A falling star to start the day. Lord, thank you for this gift. “We often don’t think of them we think of the great wars and great …

MP3 ASb Chapter 1 with MacLeod’s Farewll 9 29 10 Today’s Alexandria Town Talk has a nice article about yesterday’s visit to LeCompte: http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20100929/NEWS01/9290339/1002/Dry-Creek-author-inspires-children-to-writ The following story is from my fourth book, Hearts across the Water. The Miller Oak The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The next best time is today. The morning after Rita …

Notes from Sunday:    “If we have the correct view of Christ, everything else will line up.”  -Garrett Greene   Colossians 1:19 Paying Attention: “Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds.”  -Proverbs 27:23 It’s important to pay attention to the things that really matter in our lives.  The “tyranny of the urgency” causes …

‘The Lord disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in.”  Proverbs 3:12 It goes against our nature to be thankful for discipline. No one wants it, but everyone needs it. I’m thankful for God’s guiding hand in my life, even when it’s been to spank me back in line.

This is a poem by my dear cousin, Mary V. Iles Hudson.  She lives in Lake Charles and is full of live at 90+. She is one of the last remaining great-grandchildren of my heroes in The Wayfaring Stranger/A Good Place,  Joe and Eliza Moore. Perseverance A seed fell on a certain spot. Just how or when mankind knows not. …

The discontented man finds no easy chair.   –Ben Franklin Lord, teach me to live contentedly. Amen. “Don’t they know that it’s so hard to find, one rich man in ten with a satisfied mind.”  -Folk Song “Satisfied Man.” A Satisfied Mind

Full Moon Living with a sense of wonder:  Full moon rises tonight@ 7:36 PM CDT/ Lake Charles. If the moon only rose yearly, or even monthly, or periodically like an eclipse, we’d turn out school to watch it.  The sight of this huge satellite rising through the pines always gives me a thrill. It’s a gift from God not to …

I’ve run across three timely quotes on life and adversity. Because all of us deal with adversity, I hope you find these quotes encouraging. In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends.  – John Churlton Collins Proverbs says it aptly,  “There is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.”*  We always find out who those …

“It is in spending oneself that one becomes rich.”   -Sarah Hernhardt   “Lord, may today be a day of life and giving in my life. Amen.” I’m gathering Oxen stories.  Do you know any of know of any oxen experts in your community?

This is a passage from my upcoming novel, A Spent Bullet.  It’s set in 1941 Beauregard Parish.  This passage features 10 year old Ben, his sister Elizabeth (who’ll be teaching him in school), and their grandmother, Ma. I’d like your honest input on this passage that I’m not quite satisfied with. He began whistling as he walked past Elizabeth.  He …

Snake in the Church!     Scripture:  “You have not lied to men, but to God.”  -Peter in Acts 5:4 Last month, I was speaking in Samaria Baptist Church, Goma, Congo. Suddenly two men sitting by the side door jumped up and began scuffling outside the doorway. Initially I thought it was a fight. Then I wondered if someone had …

Old lumber   Then King Asa brought all the men of Judah, and they carried away from Ramah the stones and timber Baasha had been using. With them he built up Geba and Mizpah. II Chron. 16:6   Old lumber still builds well. It’s a maxim that any carpenter knows. Just because wood is old doesn’t diminish its value. Along …