Afternoon shadows and twilight amblings

This column ran Dec. 11, 2017, in the Ruston Daily Leader.

 

Hearing the thumpety-thump of Christmas

This column was published Nov. 27, 2017, in the Ruston Daily Leader.

 

Please eschew the luminous heebie-jeebies

This column was published Nov. 13, 2017, in the Ruston Daily Leader.

 

 

Trick or treat with 'The War of the Worlds'

This column was published Oct. 30, 2017.

 

Lessons learned from cats, candy and coins

Published in the Ruston Daily Leader on Oct. 16, 2017.



God moves in mysterious ways

This is so, so true. And as Forrest Gump said, that's all I'm going to say about that ... right now, anyway ... except that it is so, so plain in so, so many (mysterious) ways.

God moves in a mysterious way
His wonders to perform;
He plants His footsteps in the sea
And rides upon the storm.

Deep in unfathomable mines
Of never failing skill
He treasures up His bright designs
And works His sov’reign will.

Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take;
The clouds ye so much dread
Are big with mercy and shall break
In blessings on your head.

Judge not the Lord by feeble sense,
But trust Him for His grace;
Behind a frowning providence
He hides a smiling face.

His purposes will ripen fast,
Unfolding every hour;
The bud may have a bitter taste,
But sweet will be the flow’r.

Blind unbelief is sure to err
And scan His work in vain;
God is His own interpreter,
And He will make it plain.

 

- Written by William Cowper in 1773

God Moves in a Mysterious Way at allpoetry.com

River of de Nile runs deep by Cedar Creek

This column ran in the Ruston Daily Leader

on Oct. 1, 2017.

 

Lightning bug or firefly, it's magic in flight

This column was published Sept. 28, 2017,

in the Ruston Daily Leader

 

Who made me do it - and who knows best?

Printed Aug. 21, 2017, in Ruston Daily Leader.

 

Flailing through the embarrassments of life

This column was published in the Ruston Daily Leader on Aug. 7, 2017.

 

'Help, I'm turning into my parents'

This column was published in the Ruston Daily Leader on

July 24, 2017.

Here, hold my Coke while I ...

This column was published in the Ruston Daily Leader on July 10, 2017.

Never, ever, ever say 'never'

 This column was published in the Ruston Daily Leader

on Monday, June 19, 2017.

Typo, shmypo - who cares?

 This column was published May 15, 2017,

in the Ruston Daily Leader.

Life lessons from the orchard

 This column was published May 1, 2017,

in the Ruston Daily Leader.

The little birdie and the grave

This column was published April 17, 2017,

in the Ruston Daily Leader.

Meandering path to harmony

 This column was published April 3, 2017,

in the Ruston Daily Leader.

Small events equal big joy

This column was published in the March 20, 2017, Ruston Daily Leader.



'Play it ... for old time's sake'

 

This column ran March 6, 2017, in the Ruston Daily Leader. Sadly and appropriately, this was the day long-time TCM host Robert Osborne died.  Robert, this one's for you.  We'll always have Paris ... and all these wonderful movies.

Take this literally ... please

 

This column was published Feb. 20 in the Ruston Daily Leader.

'I was hungry, and ye pondered'

 

This column was published Feb. 6, 2017, in the Ruston Daily Leader.

It's the big one, Elizabeth!

This was published Jan. 23 in the Ruston Daily Leader.

 

'Great Expectations' a la 2017

This column ran Jan. 9 in the Ruston Daily Leader.

 

Jehovah-jireh in everyday circumstances

I was chatting with a long-time friend today whom I hadn't seen in a while. During the conversation, I was hoping and praying I could provide some cheer and wisdom because of several disheartening situations she's been through recently.

I related that I had seen wonderful, long-lasting results during a very critical stage of my life after I went to God with a more specific prayer than I had normally been praying at that time.

Then, lo and behold, today when I specifically asked God to help out in a small area of my present life, He obliged in a way that couldn't be missed.  But, as many times happens (and as happened in the situation noted above), the result didn't occur the way I thought it would.  What's more, the result brought about a lot more work than I had anticipated. 

Nevertheless, the prayer is answered - and God provided.  He is, indeed, Jehovah-jireh (translation:  God will provide).  It's also worth nothing that in both my earlier situation and today's situation, the result was well worth the accompanying "trouble."

God - Father - thank you for caring about every single bit of our lives.