I’ve always focused on trying to put the failures that I’ve experienced, and tragedies lived through behind me and have given zero thought to ditching the great wins that I’ve experienced in life. But Paul is not saying that we should merely focus on leaving our failures and tragedies behind us, but he said that we should forget the victories as well??? . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/index.php/2020/05/24-hour-rule/

A tropical disturbance is located in the proximity of the Bahamas this week and the seas are churning and producing huge waves. Fishing will cease until the storm passes. I can’t cry over being land-locked as it would do no good, so I decided to make use of the down time to get my boat engines serviced, so I’ll be ready to go when calmer seas prevail . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/index.php/2020/05/royal-law-is-for-everyone/

Part of my daily reading includes C.S. Lewis. He was a brilliant man who had a deep perspective of life and God and an eloquent way of presenting our Father that is entirely unique to him. Lewis was an atheist for a time but eventually turned to God and when he did the Holy Spirit opened his beautiful mind to heavenly things . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/index.php/2020/05/dirt-and-gods-presence/

Most everyone has some memorabilia in their home and I’m no exception. Having moved six times in the past three years I have trimmed down on it substantially and all, but the most special items have been given away or discarded. I have a feather from a passenger pigeon. There used to be millions of them, but they were hunted to extinction at the turn of the century. A friend who worked at a museum had one mounted and gave me a feather from the mount many years ago . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/index.php/2020/05/gone-like-the-passenger-pigeon/

Musician Joe Cocker recorded what would become a hit with a song with lyrics written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon. The Beatles recorded the first version which was more upbeat in tempo than Joe Cocker’s slower and more soulful version. If we listen to the lyrics, it suggests that the words, “a little help from my friends” referred to drugs and alcohol. John Lennon claimed this was not about drugs, but many people didn’t believe him, including US vice president Spiro Agnew, who once told a crowd that this song was a “Tribute to the power of illegal drugs.” He said the lines, “I get by with a little help from my friends, I get high with a little help from my friends,” “Is a catchy tune, but until it was pointed out to me, I never realized that the ‘friends’ were assorted drugs!” . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/index.php/2020/05/a-little-help-from-my-friends/

I thought I’d heard it all, but nope, Democrat Governor Cuomo of New York in all of his wisdom has declared that all out of state health workers who traveled to New York to help the state reeling from the coronavirus will have to pay state taxes including the Christian organization Samaritans Purse who built a temporary field hospital there . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/index.php/2020/05/spend-spend-spend/

I have a friend who calls himself an evangelist. I’ve known him for many years and even invited him to speak at Honey Lake Church in its early days. I couldn’t make the service that he conducted but after he spoke, several members who heard him asked me to never invite him again. Basically he told the congregation that few if any would ever see heaven because they did not follow the rules set forth in the Bible to the letter . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/index.php/2020/05/my-way-or-the-highway/

Jesus began His earthly ministry by calling certain individuals to follow Him. The twelve disciples that he chose literally walked on earth with Him daily and were continuously by His side . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/index.php/2020/05/the-heart-of-christs-call-2/

Recently I’ve been introduced to a spate of new babies. It’s an interesting process to view a baby; everyone stands around oohing and ahhing and making remarks like, “How precious”; “How cute”; “How beautiful” . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/index.php/2020/05/iguana-or-purty-masterpiece-2/

Ecclesiastes 7:20 states that there is not a righteous man on earth. Psalm 14 states that there is no one righteous. So why does the Bible say that Noah, David and others were righteous? It seems to be a contradiction . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/index.php/2020/05/is-anyone-righteous/