I have always disliked Christmas music and especially pageants; however, my wife loves them . . . She sang in the choir for many years and always participated in Christmas pageants, spending months learning the music by heart. So, when the church that we have been attending announced they were having one I physically groaned. Our church is a 30-45-minute drive from our farm and I could not allow her to drive that distance and come home at night in the dark by herself. Her friend could not go because she was off Christmas shopping, so I had to step up to the plate and bite the bullet . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/2022/12/spiritual-tug-of-war/

I heard a story whereby an elderly lady heard on the news that there was a driver driving in the wrong direction in a lane heading directly into oncoming traffic on a busy freeway creating a very dangerous scenario. She became concerned about her husband whom she knew was traveling that very highway at that precise moment, so she quickly called him on her cellphone . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/2022/12/wool-hair-2/

A friend sent me the provoking little stories below. During this very special time of year I felt it appropriate to share and reflect . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/2022/12/the-important-stuff-2/

I recently read where some San Francisco progressive natives insulted Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, by projecting insults. The insults called Twitter’s new CEO a “worthless billionaire, “an idiot”, “a Karen” and a “supreme parasite,” among a host of other insults . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/2022/12/elon-musk-and-twitter/

I get many requests for help for various problems including failing marriages, problems with kids, addictions, bad medical reports, deaths and sickness, suicide prevention or dealing with grief for those not prevented, and so on. I do my best but realize I’m not a trained psychologist or psychiatrist. Through the years, however, I have received many letters of thanks for helping and many times turning lives around. My solutions are God-centered . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/2022/11/there-is-a-solution/

I’ve made many plenty of bad decisions in life, but also many good ones. The decisions we make either bring ‘blessings or curses,’ so we would be prudent to choose wisely. Deuteronomy 30:19 – “I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Choose life so that you and your descendants may live”. If we choose life, then we should naturally choose blessings over curses too. Moses wrote those words thousands of years ago, but they are just as relevant today as they were the day they were originally written . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/2022/11/good-decisions-bad-decisions/

Well, another one bites the dust. I’m talking about birthdays. I treated myself to a morning of hunting for my birthday yesterday playing hooky from formal church and figuring I would conduct services in the forest with just me and God. As I was sitting on my deer stand, I enjoyed this one-on-one time with God immensely and in addition to admiring His creation, I prayed and meditated about a variety of things . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/2022/11/i-didnt-realize-it-until-i-was-already-there/

What a great time our family has had over the past few days. There were twelve of us and five dogs. It was quite a jolt to my wife and me and our quiet lives. Our grandsons were playing football in our huge front yard and the twin girls were playing badminton in our back yard. Then all four of them played badminton. One of my sons was fishing and catching big bass out of our pond and I was teaching the other to drive a tractor and skid steer, (Bobcat). Some of our female flock played Yahtzee and talked, and my sons and one grandson even managed to get in a hunt. All of us played with the dogs who seemed to enjoy the holiday more than any of us . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/2022/11/joyful-thanksgiving/

I read an interesting take on thanksgiving written by Mike Levin on Fox News Opinion. It reads like this: I Hate Thanksgiving . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/2022/11/the-thanksgiving-dilemma/

Yesterday I wrote of the many trials that my wife and I were undergoing and how my approach was to just remain calm and work my way through them fully expecting that things would work out. Well, this morning all those problems have been solved, and it turns out I was right . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/2022/11/calm-yourself/