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In the winter of 1963, my grandparents moved from Winston, MS to Starkville, MS. My Grandpa Paul, who had never been a pastor of a church before, was now the assistant pastor to a new church. The lead pastor Carol and my grandpa were building a new church. They had cleared the land and built one room of the church house. Now they were working to increase the membership of the new church and finish building the rest of the church. My grandparents lived in a 2 bedroom and one bath small 10ft x 32ft trailer behind the church.  They had two young children and one on the way. Grandpa Paul was tongue-tied. This caused him many problems with public speaking. However, he was able to compensate for this. He had an interesting way of making a point. Many times people had to wait until he finished speaking before they understood what he was trying to say because he would start with the most interesting statement. Normally it was also the most unusually statement. This useful strategy c...

When I was about 7 years old, I lived about five miles outside of a small town with my mom. It had one post office, one gas station, an elementary school, and a small meat market. There were no sidewalks, traffic lights, or streetlights. We did not even have a police station or cell phone towers. There were several churches . In addition, a train track went beside the town. My dad was a long haul truck driver; therefore, he was always gone. Therefore, it was normally just my mom and me. Every Sunday my mom and I would go to church. In own community, all of the churches had two different services on Sunday. There was one in the morning and one at night. Most people, including us, went to both services. There is one Sunday night that I will remember for the rest of my life. However, it is not the sermon or the singing that I remember about it. I cannot even remember the songs that we sung that night, but we normally sung “Victory in Jesus”. This particular Sunday night stands out i...

The population of this world is about 7,000,000,000 people. About 33% are Christians, about 21% are Islam, and about 14% are Hinduism. That covers over half of the people on earth. Most people would love to leave a better world for their children and grandchildren. This got me to thinking about what these three religions may have in common that could help everyone accomplish the goal of leaving a better world for the next generation. Therefore, I have done a little bit of research to see what some of the basic beliefs are of Islam and Hinduism. I already know the beliefs of Christians since I am a Christian. I discovered that Islam is a branch off of Judaism. They share many of the same prophets. However, they believe that Jesus was only a prophet. They believe that the Bible has been corrupted, but they do have something that is similar to the Ten Commandments. Here are their commandments. Say, come, I will recite what God has made a sacred duty for you: Ascribe nothing a...

The other day I was in Wal-Mart and saw something very disturbing. It was a cross with the NFL logo on it. They had used two different types of drink boxes to make the cross with the logo. I often wonder if Football has not become and idol for many people. They talk about football more than Jesus.  A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. (Matthew 12:35). Therefore, you are going to talk about that which you love. Anything that you place about God is an idol. Some people would rather stay home from church on Superbowl Sunday. That sounds an awful lot like they are placing football before God.  I do not think it is wrong to play football or watch football. However, we need to be careful that football does not come between God and us. It would be a shame to miss out on the blessings of God because we are too busy watching football to go to church, witnes...

Love Someone said  show  me love; A baby  appeared. Someone said show me work; A  baby  walked. Someone said show me heart ache; A baby cried. Someone said show me patience; A mother smiled.

Image via Wikipedia Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord Ephesians 5:22 There seems to be a lot of misunderstanding concerning this scripture . Some people simple ignore the scripture because they don't like what they think it means. Others go overboard trying to enforce this scripture. The Bible says to look at the whole thought and not just take one idea and run with it. I believe that if you look at the scriptures that follow this verse it will make things clearer.  23  For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior.  24  Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.   25  Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her  26  to make her holy, cleansing [ a ] her by the washing with water through the word,  27  and to present he...

 Image via Wikipedia “ ... Jesus said, Suffer little children , and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven” ( Matthew 19:14 ). Jesus knows that children have a child like faith that is often lost as we get older. Therefore, it is our job as parents to teach them about Jesus or bring them to him. Sometimes we really have no way of knowing if they are understanding. Other times they do little things that show you that in their own way and as much as it is possible for them at that time, they really understand. Such is the case with my 17 month old son, Brando. I had been trying to set a good example for my son concerning prayer especially before meals . For several days, before every meal and snack I held my son's hands in an attempt to get him to fold his hands and bow his head. I was not sure if he was catching on or not until one night. I had already fixed Brando's plate and was getting my husband's plate. My husband, Concho...

Image via Wikipedia Jesus says, “I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for his sheep” (John 10:11). I was in a school reading a book to some children and I asked them if they knew what a shepherd was. Sadly, I got many answers, but none of them was right. This got me to thinking about if I really knew what Jesus was saying when he said he was the good shepherd. I knew that a shepherd is someone who takes care of sheep. What does a shepherd do to take care of sheep? Today, like the children at school, many people do not know what a good shepherd is or does. The people that Jesus was talking to knew about shepherds and their jobs. They knew that shepherds took care of their sheep like a father or mother takes care of a small child. We can also look at Psalm 23 for some insight. “ The Lord is my shepherd ; I shall not want.” (Psalms 23:1). A shepherd provides all of the needs of his sheep. He makes sure that they get plenty of green grass and fresh wa...

Image via Wikipedia I never knew how fragile a child's joints are until the day after New Year's day. I was in the living room playing with my son. He started screaming. I did not know what was wrong. All I knew is he was screaming and his right arm was not moving. As fast as possible, I took him to the ER. Apparently he had rolled over in an odd way onto his arm causing the elbow to dislocate. I now know that this sort of injury can occur many different ways. Until then, I thought that joints dislocated when substantial amount of force is used. A child under the age of 4 can dislocate his or her arm by simply pulling away from his or her parent. I urge all parents to find other ways of leading their young children. If all else fails, simple pick up your child.  Facts about Nursemaid's elbow from  http://pedclerk.bsd.uchicago.edu/nursemaidElbow.html Nursemaid's Elbow Nursemaid's elbow is a common injury that is seen most often in children between ...