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We leased a Honda Pilot nearly two years ago since it seemed a great vehicle for the traveling Rosemary and I planned for our retirement years. We took the 15,000 miles a year option to accommodate all the driving we were planning. Nearly two years later we barely logged 15,000 miles. It took us two years to drive what we expected to do in one. You can blame COVID, my unexpected return to the Gachassin Law Firm, or some nagging medical problems, but enough is enough and I was determined to get to the traveling. Our first adventure had to be sufficiently rewarding to coax us on to more and yet not so taxing that the enthusiasm was not beaten out of us. I saw an article somewhere about Bluebonnets in Texas and realized it was nearly the peak time for bloom browsing. My wife was enthusiastic. After a quick glance at my calendar, I noted that the first full week of April was clear… nothing legal and nothing medical, a sure sign from God. We decided to invite Rose’s sister Donnah to come along. Rose said, “she won’t come.” I am not sure if it was a prediction […]

I have written this blog for many years. Today I recalled that I hadn’t posted in a while. Turns out I last posted on July 17, 2021. At times I posted daily, but not for years. I have never gained fame or fortune by blogging, but I have gotten a lot of satisfaction – kind of a public confessional at times and a Soap Box on other occasions. I’ve missed the peace achieved in the exercise, so I’m back. I have become a part of Gachassin Law Firm . The firm is at least partially to blame for my infrequent blogging. It has, however, been fun to be practicing with very professional attorneys and staff. Most of my career I practiced “extreme” solo, meaning I didn’t even have a secretary. It’s amazing to be fully supported. I don’t know how prolific I will be, but if I am absent and you miss me you are certainly welcome to review the years of past posts. I appreciate comments, well most comments. Of course, keep in mine that this blog consists of my personal thoughts and not those of my wife, daughter, grandchildren or great grandchildren and certainly not of my […]

  34And He summoned the crowd with His disciples, and said to them, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me. 35“For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it. 36“For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul? Mark 8 “Christian” is meaningless. Forget it. Today anyone can call himself a Christian.  It’s a status word. It describes what someone says he is. It means no more than what the speaker intends. It doesn’t communicate a unique idea. It’s a non-action word with no universally agreed-to definition. “Follower” is an action word. It implies actions along a path determined by another. It implies a singularity that eliminates all other options. It means Jesus is a pilot, not copilot.  He doesn’t make our way possible or more comfortable. It’s all about His Way.  Followers were originally called The Way, not “a way” or “your own way.” Admit it. Don’t we want Jesus to make the life we want possible? Don’t we ask kids, “What do you […]

Don’t those old folks who drive around town 2o miles under the speed limit really irritate  you. I have blown my horn at them. I have driven around them and given them the “You don’t own the road look.” It’s sometimes an old guy by himself. My wife and I noticed he always seems to be wearing a baseball cap. Often it’s some old lady who probably is on her way to Walmart for no good reason. Whether it’s a man or woman driving,  they have both hands on the wheel and eyes cemented on the road ahead. Sometimes its a couple. Does it really take two of them to drive? I have summarized these types as the “old man in the baseball cap.” Recently, while trying to deal with my stress filled day, some jerk blew his horn at me. It was all I could not to shoot him “the bird.” Later some guy pulled along side of me and berated me for several seconds before speeding down the road. I imagined following him, pulling him out of his car and giving him the spanking his mother failed to do. That three hundred pound weight lifter is lucky I’m […]

If you can’t seem to hear from God, maybe you should just shut up. I know that sounds a bit rude, but you know you’ve been told nicely that you need to be quiet to hear from God and you just haven’t listened. It’s incredibly important, so, I believe, a little rudeness is completely justified. Don’t judge me. Just shut up. You can’t hear from God with  your mouth open. Whatever you are saying isn’t as important as what God is trying to tell  you. It’s the problem I have with fasting. Fasting becomes the topic of conversation.  Folks talk about how hard it is, or how easy it is or how much they are getting out of it or how they have manipulated the “rules” to make it not really fasting at all. Fast and just shut up. Think about it this way. By your constant mouth movement, you are not just making too much noise for you to hear from God. You are causing the same problem for those around you. We feel obliged to at least pretend to be listening so it stops us from hearing from God as well. Bless us by your silence and […]

31 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. 32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” John 8 There is no truth in Satan. It’s his nature. As Christians, we formerly had that nature, now we have the nature of Christ and all the truth that comes with it. But elements of untruth just seem to hang around and Satan clings to them to make, and keep, us useless. He drags untruth into every day life. Like this: If your friend Sue usually calls every day and on Tuesday doesn’t call, the truth is just a call was not made. That’s the only truth. It doesn’t mean Sue no longer loves you or that she has died in an accident. It doesn’t mean that she’s angry about something you said to her. It doesn’t mean she is no longer your friend. It doesn’t mean she is telling everyone what an awful person you are and that you are now friendless. It doesn’t mean, you never should have been her  friend. It doesn’t mean, that you are the kind of person who can’t really […]

Don’t those old folks who drive around town at 2o miles under the speed limit and seem to be driving in slow motion really irritate  you. I have blown my horn at them. I have driven around them and given them the “You don’t own the road look.” It’s sometimes an old guy by himself. My wife and I noticed he always seems to be wearing a baseball cap. Often it seems to be some old woman who probably is on her way to Wal-Mart for no good reason Whether it’s a man or woman driving,  they have both hands on the wheel and eyes cemented on the road ahead. Sometimes its a couple. Does it really take two of them to drive? I have summarized these types as the “old man in the baseball cap.” Yesterday while trying to deal with my stress filled day, some jerk blew his horn at me. It was all I could not to shoot him “the bird.” Later some guy pulled along side of me and berated me for several seconds before speeding down the road. I imagined following him, pulling him out of his car and giving him the spanking his […]

  Sue hasn’t call and there will be hell to pay. There is no truth in Satan. It’s his nature. As Christians, we formerly had that nature, now we have the nature of Christ and all the truth that comes with it. But elements of untruth just seem to hang around and Satan clings to them to make, and keep, us useless. He drags untruth into every day life. If your friend Sue usually calls every day and on Tuesday doesn’t call, the truth is a call was not made. That’s the only truth. It doesn’t mean Sue no longer loves you or that she has died in an accident. It doesn’t mean that she’s angry about something you said to her. It doesn’t mean she is no longer your friend. It doesn’t mean she is telling everyone what an awful person you are and that you are now friendless. It doesn’t mean that she never was your friend. It doesn’t mean, that you are the kind of person who doesn’t have friends because you are so worthless. The only truth is Sue didn’t call. All over a phone call that never happened. Once you’re convinced that there is now a […]