Living on Church St.Today (Oct. 2011) I went for a jog down Church St. and I heard what a deaf man hears…When I got to the dead end of Church St. and then circled around, I realized how many

A Good Theme “My heart is overflowing with a good theme; I recite my composition concerning the King; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.” (Ps. 45:1) A few of my favorite movies are: Horton Hears a Who & Mr. Magorioum’s Wonder Emporeum. Even as the characters are finding their place and the summary isn’t summing up all too well, the theme permeates through.

Our one rule at the house is “Everything in its place!” I use to have 12 rules, then 8. Now I am determined that the “Everything in its place” rule, could fit for anything! It was one of many methods a teacher used in her classroom so I transferred it straight to the house! Try it. Trash, dirty clothes, toys, etc. out of place, piling up, creating chaos. Fighting, arguing, smirks, and tempers…confusion, aggravations, unfairness….all put in place. Imagine it. Hands, heart, mind and mouth put in place early in the a.m. and you’ve got yourself a pretty good day ahead even with the kids at home for the Summer!…

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We “all have fallen short of the glory of God and are justified by His grace.

Prov. 18:1 “ A man who isolates himself seeks his own desire; he rages against all wise judgement.” There is a time to move away from the crowd in prayer and then there’s a time to come back to what we know God planned for us to be a part of. King Solomon asked for an understanding mind and a hearing heart (wisdom)…and he gained more than what he asked for!

In Mark Ch. 4, The sower is sowing.

Everytime Derek builds, buys or fixes something, I test it.

Shady places consist of light that has been interrupted by something… According to what is written, the Love that comes from our God is not separated by troubles, and is not intimidated by fear but moves in toward us staying around hoping, believing, etc. for us!

SAY EM, WRITE EM, SING EM, PRAY EM, GIVE EM, RECEIVE EM, DECLARE THEM, DARE TO DO THEM, ACCEPT EM, BELIEVE EM, SEE THEM, BE THEM, RELEASE THEM…CRY ABOUT EM, WAIT FOR EM, TAKE THE TIME FOR EM, RUN WITH EM, SIT WITH EM, WALK TOWARD THEM, MOVE AMONG THEM, TEACH THEM, TELL THEM, TEXT THEM, E-MAIL THEM, EXPERIENCE THEM, REST IN THEM….PRAYERS! Know when to fold ‘em Twelve yrs. ago, I folded my hands to pray about selling furniture I had grown attached to from childhood.