Finding Our Way

In this episode Larry and James discuss the love our Father has demonstrated to us all.

From the transcript...

Well, I think about those dogs trailing, treeing, hunting, all that stuff. And then I

think about our conversations. They're just all over the place like those dogs looking for a

trail. Oh, yeah. We're just finding our way. That's right. Trying to sniff something up or

jump something up. Yeah. Sniff it out, jump it up. Yeah, trailing. The way we used to deer hunt.

See if we can tree it. A rabbit hunt, trying to run it out of these bushes here, get after it. Yeah.

That's the way conversations are. Well, that's the honest way they are among friends. Yeah. At

least in our friendship. Another story came to mind. This is maybe our dog episode or

something. This is James Goes Down Memory Lane. When I was in high school, probably ninth,

tenth grade, maybe. I might have been younger than that, but I'm probably 14, 13, 14 years old.

[Verse]

Winds howl through the narrow lane

But faith lights up the darkened plain

Mile by mile we bravely ride

With God’s goodness as our guide

[Chorus]

Oh we’re finding our way through this wild life

His love shines brighter than the brightest light

When we stumble and fall he holds our hand

Together we’ll find goodness in this land

[Verse 2]

The road may twist and rivers rise

But hope reflects in open skies

Each struggle paints a sacred hue

Life’s a canvas he’s painting

Too

[Chorus]

Oh we’re finding our way through this wild life

His love shines brighter than the brightest light

When we stumble and fall he holds our hand

Together we’ll find goodness in this land

[Bridge]

Through valleys deep through mountains tall

His voice calls soft above it all

No fear can linger no shadow stay

When his grace leads us day by day

[Chorus]

Oh we’re finding our way through this wild life

His love shines brighter than the brightest light

When we stumble and fall he holds our hand

Together we’ll find goodness in this land

In this episode Larry and James discuss the life transforming power of the Good News.

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He's a good squirrel dog, too. I don't want to tell that story, though. I guess I could tell

one. You had to splice these out over several episodes. On the property that I grew up on, my dad, we had like 40 acres. One side of it, we had a fence, and there was woods on the other side of that fence. There was woods on both sides, but I would go to that fence. Squirrel hunting with my dog. He's Tennessee Mountain Cur, Yellow, bobtail, born that way. Man, he was just, he started treeing squirrels by himself at five months old. Wow, that's early.

And I would go, and I didn't teach him this. He's just a smart dog. Instinct. I'd go stand at the fence. He'd go on through the fence, go make a circle. And if he didn't find a squirrel, he'd come back to me and we'd go hunt another page. But often he would find a squirrel. A lot of times he would wind them, just smell them. He wouldn't track them, trailing them. Smell them in the air. That was the best squirrel dog, man. You'd never guess his name. Trixie. Hank! Where'd you come up with a Trixie?

I'm just trying to mess with you. I see it worked!

In this episode Larry and James discuss the Good News that God has rescued humanity in the Person of Jesus Christ.

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If I had some land I could hunt, I'd probably, that would be a good thing to do, to take your grandkids, maybe some of your kids. Yeah. Well, that's one of the changes in my lifetime. I am old enough that I remember before at least land hunting. Yeah. You just got ownership of the land.

They'd give you permission. Most people back when I was a kid didn't care. Like, you just pull over here. hunt that bottom if you wanted to go up through there yeah and I'm sure there's leases they don't care as long as it ain't during deer season yeah yeah but some of them get real funny about that on the coon hunting side but the other side of that is uh there's been so much cutting of timbers hard to find a bottom that's very long and big yeah because you you need some distance there if you don't actually have a hunt yeah So all that's changed. I got a lot of childhood memories like you do that's not hardly possible anymore. Yeah. Yeah,

In this episode Larry and James talk about God's justice in contrast to man's justice...

From the transcript...

"Well, I think about those dogs trailing, treading, hunting, all that stuff. And then I think about our conversations. They just all over the place like those dogs looking for a trail. We just finding our way. Trying to sniff something up or jump something up. Yeah. Sniff it out, jump it up. Yeah. A rabbit hunt. Trying to run it out of these bushes here. Get after it. Yeah. That's what my conversations are. Well, that's the honest way they are among friends. Yeah. At least in our friendship. Another story came to mind. This is maybe our dog episode. This is James Goes Down Memory Lane. When I was in high school, probably ninth, tenth grade maybe. I might have been younger than that.."

In this episode Larry and James take a look at God's estimate of things.

From the transcript...

I had a good squirrel dog too. I don't want to tell that story though. I guess I could tell one.

Well you'll have to splice these out over several episodes.

On the property that I grew up on, my dad, we had like 40 acres. One side of it we had a fence and there was woods on the other side of that fence. There's woods on both sides but I would go to that fence squirrel hunting with my dog. He was Tennessee Mountain Cur. Yellow, bobtail, born that way.

Man he was just, he started treeing squirrels by himself at five months old.

Wow, that's early. And I would go, and I didn't teach him this, he's just a smart dog. Instinct. I'd go stand at the fence. He'd go on through the fence, go make a circle and if he didn't find a squirrel he'd come back to me and we'd go hunt with another patch.

In this episode Larry and James discuss what they are learning about living fully into the reality of being sons of God!

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You'd think after 52 episodes you'd learn to keep water in your truck?

I ain't very good at that one. I could do something in this partnership, James. You could give me water duties.

I might have some water out here in one of these mud holes. It might be why I don't bring nothing. The way you talked about my coffee. What's better than that I can get out of that mud hole water!

Subconsciously I might be rebelling not serving you. If I had some land I could hunt. That would be a good thing to do to take your grandkids to hunt. Maybe some of your kids.

That's one of the changes in my lifetime. I am old enough that I remember before leased land hunting. You just got ownership of the land. They'd give you permission. Most people back when I was a kid didn't care. You could just pull over here and hunt that bottom if you wanted to. Go up through there.

I'm sure there's leases they don't care as long as it ain't deer and deer season. Some of them get real funny about that on the coon hunting side. The other side of that is there's been so much cutting of timbers. Hard to find a bottom that's very long and big. You need some distance there if you want to actually have a hunt.

In this episode Larry and James discuss more of their journey learning to follow the leading of Holy Spirit!

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We got lots of good memories in those woods. I say lots, there's some. The times that I went in those woods are good.

I got several times, me and my boy, Zach, when he was probably six, we'd be in there. Remember one time we treated some coons pretty quick. Right there close to the highway, I shined up and there was like four sets of eyes.

Oh wow. It was a mama and her little ones. I mean we left them there. Me and Barry Carter, David Goodnight, we'd go in there coon hunting sometimes, build a fire, sit around, drink coffee, preach to one another, listen to the dogs. Good times.

Oh yeah. I still like to hear a dog trail and tree. I saw on Facebook here a while back, old Micah Carter, he's got a couple of coon hounds. Yeah, he posts some stuff on one.

Yeah, I think about those dogs, trailing through the woods and watching them as they're trying to sniff out whatever it is. You squirrel hunting, coon hunting, and how they're zigzagging and going back and forth.

In this episode Larry and James discuss some of their former theologies and the process of shaking them off.

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When we get out here in the country, which is where we live anyway, but when you're more country, in the woods, you get talking about hunting and stuff. I get to looking in the woods and thinking about hunting. I get lost in that.

Yeah.

That's good.

No, I could sit and you just drive and I can look out this window for a long time, James, and enjoy it.

Yeah.

That's probably from riding with my dad. He was always, you look out that window and you tell me if you see a deer.

Yeah, I was doing some of that road.

Yes, we did a lot of road hunting, but just the, I don't know, it became what you did, because that's what he was doing on his side of the road.

In this episode Larry and James discuss the kindness of God and how that can work out into our experiences.

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Let's see.

Mephibosheth, his response is normally ours. I'm just a dog.

Well that goes back to, I'm just a sinner saved by grace. Yeah, we sing about it all the time. Oh yeah. Saved such a wretch as me. Yeah, sorry, no good sucker.

But that's it. Our mind is overrun with such negative thoughts about our own identity and worth and who we are. And all the while, there's the word of the king.

Yeah, yeah. And the king says you're going to eat it my table. Where's that one? Where's that one? Yeah. That I can show kindness to. This is feeling good, this word.

David said don't fear. Mephibosheth was scared. He done got hunted down and pulled out of hiding. He was afraid that David was going to kill him. Well, because that was the rule of the day of when a new king took over, who was from a different family lineage.

He eliminated. They had to eliminate all the heir apparent of the old king so that they don't claim a right to the throne. But David didn't do what everybody else did. So he brought him and put him at his own table.