religion

Hurt people hurt people

I have known for years that hurt people hurt people. This thinking was reinforced when I served on the staff of the largest church in the state of Georgia for more than 20 years, and in our vast congregation of over 9,000 people from all over the area, we saw true-to-life examples of the pain inflicted on others by those who had been hurt years ago. Later, while working in an international ministry and traveling all over America and in some foreign countries, we saw even more evidence of the same truth.

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God’s promise to Abraham of old

It is rather amazing to me to see how God works in our lives. Folks that live by faith and truly rely on God and His promises to provide whatever is most needed always impress me. There are times when each of us feels our faith is perhaps low and needs to be recharged or powered up a bit, and our spirits feel saggy and out of sorts.

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Keeping love in our hearts

“Hatred stirs up strifes, but love covers all sins,” (Proverbs 10:12).

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“Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a stalled ox and hatred therewith,” (Proverbs 15:17).

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“By this all men shall know you are my disciples if you have love one to another,” (John 13:35).

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I wish you enough…

Warren and Pam Adams standing in the doorway of FantaSea BBQ and Grill on the B

Perhaps you have read one or more variations of this little writing that has come to mean a lot to me and to several of my friends. There are several that claim to be the original author, and I honestly do not have any way of proving the truth, but that doesn’t diminish the greater good of the thought.

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Earthly goodbyes are so difficult

Two of my favorite people: my beloved Mama Cole, who raised me and my brother, a

Just boarded a flight that will take me home to Texas with my daughter, DeAnna Stancil Davis. How we thank God for her job at the airline. First class all the way. DeAnna has been an airline employee for over a decade and thank God, her mom flies free anywhere in the world.

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Working on the positive side of life

This has been a tough first year. My life in the great state of Texas reads like a fairy tale and I always planned for and expected the “happily ever after” part. Didn’t work out quite like I planned. My husband of nearly a decade, who was my earnest cowboy hero, died a year ago on Aug. 16 after a terrific and fierce battle with cancer. Throughout the treatments and the after effects, I thought right up until the very end that he would get better.

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Permanent reminder of a temporary feeling

I saw someone do something really dumb the other day, but it wasn’t my circus and they weren’t my monkeys, so I could not do anything to help other than pray for a decent outcome. The incident reminded me of a line or two in an old Jimmy Buffet song. He sang about “a permanent reminder of a temporary feeling.” How many of us live every day with the results of a temporary feeling or an act that we committed when we were not in the best frame of mind? Perhaps we chose a partner that is not suited to us or to the family we want to create.

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You’ve got a puncher’s chance

I love words. I have always loved words since my Uncle Donald encouraged me to read when I was very young. He brought me books he had found on sale, those given to him, and from the local library. For each book I read and was able to give him enough of a verbal report or the story line, he gave me a small amount of money. If it were a decent size book, I might get a quarter or two. I so looked forward to his visits, the books, and the prizes I earned.

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Adulting is often difficult

Forgive the personal reference today in my column, but I have had an exhausting two weeks with over 3,000 miles covered and a lot of heartbreak. When I start to write my column, I always think of what I have been learning and how I can communicate what I have stored away in my heart and mind with those who follow my writing. I only know how to write what is in my heart.

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Life’s little gifts

I wrote to a friend from high school the other day and said, “At our age, we learn to take our little delights and unexpected gifts of life whenever they come and however we can absorb them.” Marie wrote back and said, “You are very right. And I am only glad that I have learned to be content in whatever state I am in and with whatever good I have in my life.”

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