Quote for the week

125 quotes you learn from Along Life's Way:

"The two most important days of your life are
when you were born and when you find out why."

                                                      Mark Twain

Quotes to learn from: Along Life's Way

 "Treat others the way you want to be treated."

The Golden Rule-similar wording is in every major religion

Quote of the week of November 23, 2014


"Anger is a cover for pain."  A psychologist

Thought for the week

Week of October 19

"Coincidence is when God acts anonymously."

Had any coincidences lately?

Anger Management

Week of October 6,2014

"As the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility,
meekness, long suffering, bearing with one another and forgiving one another
as Christ forgave you, so you must do. Above all things put on love which is
the bond of perfection. (Colossians 4:13-14)

Quote for the week

Week of September 1

"What you do for yourself dies with you.
What you do for others lives on."

How can you help another this week?

Quote for the week

Quote for week of August 24,2014

"When the student is ready the teacher will appear."
Amazing how that happens.

Uncoditional Love

Week of August 18

School started this week in many communities. I remember in grade school the teacher went around the room explaining what each person's name meant. When she reached me she said Malcolm means
"bald headed monkey." I you just laughed that is exactly what my classmates did. I was humiliated.

I went home furious with my mother. I demanded why she named me explaining what my teacher said. "Your teacher is incorrect," she responded. "Malcolm means bald eagle." Immediately this third grader's ego was restored. To her credit,  the teacher announced the correction the next day.

I didn't appreciate my mother's unconditional love for me until she was gone. I bet the Apostles felt the same way about Jesus.

"God loves us so unconditionally that, "He gave his only son that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have ever lasting life." (John 3:16)

Quotes You Learn From
                                       ALONG THE WAY

"I am only one, but still I am One
I can't do everything but I can do something,
And because I can not do everything, I will not refuse
to do the something that I can do."

Edward Hale, Credo for Lend a Hand Society  

Life a Gift

Quote of the week of Aug.3

"Life is a one time gift
Nourish and care for it daily."
                                 Mayo Clinic newsletter

Quote of the week

Week of July 27
that you learn from
                                Along The Way

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." Dr.Martin Luther King Jr.

Small Stuff

Week of July 21, 2014

You have heard the saying, "Don't sweat the small stuff and it is all small stuff."
It true. I have a habit of misplacing or losing pens, umbrellas, and sun glasses.
I used to upset when I would lose these things. Not anymore. Look at the people
who have lost a home to a tornado, flood or fire. They are glad they and their loved
ones are alive. Material things of this life are not really that important.

"Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth." (Col 3:2)

Quote of the Week of July 19

Quotes you learn from Along Life's Way

"Treat others the way you would like to be treated."
       AKA the Golden Rule, similar working found in
        every major religion.

Quote of the Week

Quote of the week of July 13

from 125 Quotes you learn from Along Life's Way

"Trust the Lord with all you heart and lean not on your own understanding'                             Acknowledge him in all you ways and he will direct your paths."

                                                                                   Proverbs 3:5&6

"In God we trust "

Weekend of July 4

We still pledge to our flag, "one nation under God." But we are not one nation under God.
There are those who take offense at the word God. That offends me.

My prayer is that "In God we trust" will be more than a phrase.

May God continue to bless America.

"If my people who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal
their land." (2 Chronicles 7:14)

Quotet for the weekend

Weekend of June 20-22

"The opposite of love is not hate it is selfishness."

Think about that.

Thought for the Week

week of June 1
from 125 Quotes to Learn from Along Life's Way

"Life is what happens when you are making other plans."

                                                                    John Lennon

Quote of the week

Quote of the week of May 26, 2014

from Quotes you learn from: Along Life's Way

"Women marry men hoping they will change and
 men marry women hoping they will never change."

                            Name withheld by request

                                   

Quote of the week

May 18, 2014
quotes you learn from
                                 Along Life's Way

"The one way to peace and bliss, every prophet has told us,
is to give yourself away." 
Ruth Cranston The Miracle of Lourdes

Thought for the week

Thought for the week of May 11, 2014

"Patience is better than pride." Ecclesiastics 78

Thought for the week

Week of May 4

Quotes you learn from
                                    Along Life's Way:

"The two most important days of you life are the day you are born,
and the day you find out why."       Mark Twain

Highly Favored

May 2, 2014 

A self-made successful motivational speaker tells of a lady who inspired him when he was struggling.

"I would call her and ask how are you?  Although she was poor and sickly she always answered,         'I am blessed and highly favored."

"Blessed by the Lord,
Who daily loads us with benefits
The God of our salvation," (Psalm 68:19)

Blessed by insults

A thought for today April 28,2014

"If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed for the Spirit
of glory and of God rests on you." (1 Peter 4:14)

Practical Ti for the weekend

Week of April 27

"Haste makes waste."    Solomon, Proverbs 19:2

Dangerous Duty

April 24, 2014

On a trip to China it was not uncommon for a person to come up to our group and stand inches away
from whom ever was speaking and just stare and smile. Always a smile. We felt awkward.

I suppose a Chinese man would feel equally uncomfortable if I gave him a high five or a hug, smiling of course.

These are minor cultural differences. I wondered how awkward, even dangerous it must be for missionaries to bring the Gospel to different cultures.

The Great Commission is not easy to fulfill. It requires courage, obedience and faith.

"Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and the Holy Spirit." (Matthew 28:19)

Why Good Friday

Good Friday, April 18 2014

I'm not sure exactly when I began to understand why Good Friday was called that. Now that
I realize what Jesus went through that day and why, good seems to be an understatement. Why not Sacrifice Friday or Super Friday, or Freedom Friday. How about God Friday.

Thank God for Good Friday. I'm reminded we have to endure Good Friday to get to Easter.

Even during those excruciating hours on the cross, Jesus understood and had the love to pray:

"Father, Forgive them for they know not what they do." Luke 23:34

Palm Sunday Reminder

April 13, 2014
Jesus didn't fit the popular image people had of the coming Messiah. He didn't arrive riding a stately horse leading an army to liberate the city. Instead he is an army of one riding a donkey to free mankind.  This event, which today has become known as Palm Sunday, was predicted 500 years before it happened by the prophet Zechariah;

"Behold your King is coming to you; He is righteous and victorious, lowly riding a donkey, a colt, the foal of a donkey," (Zechariah 9:9)

Thought for the week

Thought for the week of April 6, 2014

"Lust says get, get, get..................

"Love says give, give, give"

Thought for the weekend

"When you are going through hell, don't stop there."

from 125 Quotes you learn from ALONG LIFE'S WAY

March Madness and Prayer

March 24, 2014

Its for the national championship baby. It was UConn vs  Duke. Joy, who doesn't really care about basketball kneels in front of the TV and says, "Lord we pray for a UConn victory, we claim it."

It was a loving jester on her part because she knows her husband follows UConn. But I think 'What will she think when Connecticut loses to highly touted Duke.

Oh you of little faith. UConn wins a cliff hanger 74-71.(After all Duke's nickname is Blue Devils)

"And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."
(Matthew 21:22)

Quote of the Week

from 125 quotes you learn from  Along Life's Way


"Love spoken is soon forgotten, love demonstrated is long remembered."

Thought for today

Week of March16, 2014

Quotes to learn from Along Life's Way

"The one way to peace and bliss, every prophet has told us, is to give ourselves away."
(serving others)  Ruth Cranston, The Miracle of Lourdes.

Buying a used car

March 12, 2014

When buying a used car and a price is finally agreed, why do I wonder if I could have bought
it for less. Then I drive the car home and don't I tell the first person who admires it, how little
I paid.

"It is good for nothing cries the buyer, But when he had gone his way he boasts."
(Proverbs 20:14)

Thought for the week

Thought for the week of March 8, 2014

"To know and not to do is not to know."  Anonymous

From 121 Quotes you learn from ALONG LIFE'S WAY

What is from the Lord?

March 3, 2014

He is finding it difficult to give up control. I ask the Lord to give me the words. I hear my voice say "unfounded fear, self-doubt, and discouragement are not from God."
"Neither is anxiousness," he ads, "what is from the Lord?"


"Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,faithfulness, gentleness and self-control."
(Galatians 5:22&23)

Advice for living

Thought for the week of March 2, 2014

Life is a one time gift. Nourish it and care for it daily.
                                      Mayo Clinic

It is all small stuff

February 27, 2014

"Don't sweat the small stuff....and its all small stuff."

Love by this saying as a couple, this prevents small stuff from getting bigger.

"Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."
1 Corinthian 144)

More verses to live by:

February 26, 2014

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding." Proverbs 3:5


"Take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ." (2 Corinthians 10)

Scripture Verses to live by

February 25, 2014

I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me" (Philippians 4:13

"For me to live is Christ and to die is gain." (Philippians 1:21)

Thought for the week

Thought for the week of February 24


"Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me."

Don't you believe it you ugly idiot.

Soap Box Derby Lesson

February 18,2014

Four boys hold a wooden car at the top of the ramp. At the signal they let go and the car roll toward the finish line all except one, my son's car. The wheels had bound up. I was mortified. My son was over it in a moment. His buddies were still his friend. I learned an important lesson that week. My son doesn't need a dad who is perfect at every thing, just one that loves him.

"This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you." (John 15:12)

Thought for the weekend

Thought for the weekend of February 15, 2015

"The beginning of wisdom I knowing what to overlook."

A Great Valentines

February 14, 2014

The food line tables are decorated in red and white. A pink cardboard sign shaped like a heart proclaims Lee and Lynda.
After repentance a short wedding ceremony follows. All are fed a hot meal and donated wedding cake. The guests include the homeless, and home owners, alcoholics and non drinkers, seekers and believers. It is a great Valentines Day in a public park.

"What God has joined together let not man put asunder." (Matthew 19:6)

Important Lesson

February 11, 2014

There he was in a 1943 photo with buddies on Guardacanal. He was 24 strong and confident.
At 79 he I frail and fearful sitting on the edge of a bed. He is fighting at different war now and he is fighting it alone. A Bible near his bed remains unread.  Have your turned to God or are you totally relying on yourself?

"Man is like grass, The grass withers and falls away, but the word of the Lord endures forever."
(1 Peter 1:24,25)

Directions from God

February 4, 2014

A pastor friend gave us a couple's name to look up when we moved from Connecticut to Florida. We misplaced the name. Weeks later I was meeting with a lawyer and when I asked him what he did outside of his practice he told me, "my wife and I are helping some people start a church."

He gave me a calling card with a map on the back. The next Sunday Joy and I followed the map to a school this church was renting. We made an instant connection with Bob and Ann Gamble.

Six months later we returned to Connecticut. Our Pastor friend asked if we looked up that couple she
recommended. Of course we hadn't. She wrote their names again on a slip of paper. We read Bob and Anne Gamble. We knew then we were in the church God wanted us to be.

"In all your ways acknowledge him and he will direct your paths." (Proverbs 3:5&6)

Thought for the weekend

Thought for the weekend of February 1

"Don't sweat the small stuff.................and its all small stuff."

                                                                                  Unknown

Ice Storm

January 28,2014

CRACK, THUD! A huge ice laden branch falls from the Elm and is imbedded into the ground
exactly where I had been standing moments earlier. I stare in disbelief at this limb which is
about my height and half my width.

Some would say "Thank your lucky stars." I say luck and stars has nothing to with it.

",,,the very hairs of your head are numbered. Do not fear therefore..."

(Matthew 10: 30-31)

Thoughts for the Weekend

January 24-25

Thoughts for the weekend

"I am in charge of my attitude. life is 10% what happens to me
  and 90% how I respond to it." Rich (Mr. Pos) Wilkins.

"Trust the Lord and lean not on your own understanding
acknowledge God in all you do and he will direct your paths.
(Proverbs 3:5-6)

More words to ponder

January 22, 2014

"Lust says: get, get get.
Love says: give, give give."

"Love your neighbor as yourself." (Matthew  22:37)

Some words worth pondering

 January 21, 2014

"Nothing to excess." (a parent)

An eye for an eye and the entire world would be blind." (Mahatma Gandi)

When you are going through hell don't stop there."  (a businessman)

"Trust the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding."
(Proverbs 3:5)

Locked Out

January 19, 2014

I couldn't open the trunk of my car with the usual key, I was about to call a locksmith when I notice another key hanging on the key rack. I tried it. Presto, the trunk opened.

For the longest time I was using the wrong key to open the doors of my life. How about you?

"I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (John 14;6)

Are We God's Image?

January 17,2017
Genesis says God created man in His image. Do we see God in our image rather than seeing ourselves in His image? We limit God when we worry, doubt or fear. We hold God in our image when we feel lost or defeated, are angry or prideful.  The Prophet Isaiah knew in whose image
he was created.

"Those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint." (Isaiah 40:31)

Are you ashamed?

January 15,2014

Ever done anything that you have real guilt feelings about even today? Something you are ashamed about. You are not alone. God knows our past. But feel guilt no longer.

"For by grace you have been saved through faith and not of yourselves, it is a gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast." (Ephesians 2:8-9)

Whose your neighbor?

January 14,2014

It was my first day as an intern on a small daily newspaper. I heard the publisher yell "Whose old Plymouth is parked out front." It was mine. I moved it. Later the city editor took me to the back
of the building, We looked down at an empty parking lot behind a Temple. "You park there," he said, "and if anyone says anything tell them Abe sent you. Abe was my neighbor that day.

When a lawyer asked Jesus, "Who is my neighbor?", Jesus told the story of the Good Samaritan.
Then Jesus asked who was the neighbor. The lawyer answered, "The one who showed mercy."

Jesus ended the conversation by saying, "Go and do likewise." (Luke 10:36-37)

Thought for the week

Thought for the week of January 12, 2014
:
Young Man: "I'm waiting for my ship to come in."

Old Man: "How many to you send out?"

My dog teaches me a lesson

January 10, 2014

Dusty was the family dog. Named for his dull brown coat, this little hound was so focused smelling a trail that one day at a park he walked right by a rabbit sitting on a rock. We all laughed but later I thought about that moment and wondered am I so focused on the world that I don't lookup and see the Prize.

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give hope and a future." (Jeremiah 29:11)

Our planet, God and space

January 7, 2014

John Glenn, the first American to orbit our planet and see it from space, put it all in perspective
for me when he said, "Looking at the earth from this vantage point and to not believe in God, to
me, is impossible."

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." (Genesis 1:1)

ps If you don't believe the first four words of Genesis 1 you'll have trouble with the rest of the Bible.

Leaving Home

January2, 2014

A walk about the neighborhood reveals a little boy pulling a wagon with a parent standing in the doorway. "Leaving home are we?" I ask. The parent nods. On my return I note the wagon by the
front door. It occurs to me that what the boy really wants to know is that his parents still love him.

 Haven't most of us rebelled and walked away from our heavenly Father at some point. Like the boy
we don't get very far on our own. Don't we want to know that God still loves us. He tells us daily
if only we would listen.

"God's faithful love endures forever." (Psalm 136:1)

For you this year

January 1, 2014  

Happy New Year. 

"It is good for me to draw near to God:
I have put my trust in the Lord God,
and I will tell everyone about the
wonderful things You do." Psalm 73:28

That's what this blog is all about.