Pain is a teacher unlike the rest
Mastery through continual test
Speaks loud and clear the nerves to molest
Difficult friend and unwelcomed guest
Told to rejoice through various trials
How so when all comfort it defiles
Raises high fears deep emotions riles
Makes a few steps seem as many miles
The answer comes through what is induced
Frivolous pursuits greatly reduced
Priorities from limits [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Sustaining’
Painful Teacher
Posted in General, Poem, Strength, Sustaining, Why?!, tagged Poems, Strength, Sustaining, Why?! on October 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Back to school prayer
Posted in General, God Thoughts, Remembering, Strength, Sustaining, tagged God Thoughts, Remembering, Strength, Sustaining on August 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Father, we look forward to a good school year, but we won’t have one without Your active presence. We acknowledge Your goodness, and request that Your hand of protection be upon us. We ask that You teach us truth so that we may communicate it to students and adults. And all of this we ask for [...]
Blessing the Name by Remembering the Benefits (Psalm 103)
Posted in General, God Thoughts, God's Word, Remembering, Strength, Sustaining, tagged God Thoughts, God's Word, Remembering, Strength, Sustaining on August 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Psalm 103 begins with both a call for the hearer to worship and summary of what the psalmist desires to communicate to himself and those listening to him. David is alerting his own soul to bless God’s name and His benefits. But names of God seem to be absent and even the word “name” only appears [...]
A Long Simmering Tale of Past Adventure Half-Sought
Posted in General, Outdoors, Random thoughts, Sustaining, tagged Outdoors, Random thoughts, Sustaining on May 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
During D’s Christmas break, he, P, and I went to the Linville Gorge here in our county . Well, I had a bushwhacking in mind, knowing the gorge much better than in previous years. We went atop the ridge, down a narrow cut between 300 foot cliffs, waded the river without mishap, went upstream, waded the [...]
Eyes on Things Above
Posted in General, Poem, Sustaining, tagged Add new tag, Poems, Sustaining on October 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Eyes on Things Above is a poem I commend to you if you are losing your focus on what your purpose and endpoint are. We need Him every day to give us joy, purpose, direction, and enabling power to follow. Click on the poem title to see it.
Perseverance
Posted in General, God's Word, Strength, Sustaining, tagged God's Word, Strength, Sustaining on September 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I did a Bible study with the youth group at my church on Perseverance. They did the majority of the study in groups of 3 to 5 using a whiteboard, markers, and a Bible. Through presentation, interaction, and follow-up questions we concluded that perseverance is good and neccessary and that we need to dwell more on [...]
Casting Cares
Posted in Beauty, General, Photo, Remembering, Sustaining, Why?!, tagged Photos, Remembering, Sustaining on August 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I guess I wanted to blog while I was away. Hikers, particularly “through hikers” (also called “end to enders”), journal their experiences and keep in contact with other hikers by writing in spiral bound notebooks left in each shelter, most usually in a ziplock bag. I went backpacking 3 days and 2 nights in the Smoky [...]
Good memories and other reasons for THANKFULNESS 2007
Posted in General, Random thoughts, Sustaining, tagged Random thoughts, Sustaining on January 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Following are reasons and memories that cause me to be thankful and give praise to God for 2007 (in no other order than how they entered my mind)
good health, growth in my relationships with Beth and Laura and Ben, moving to my teaching position at the brand new Patton High, backpacking with Laura, family trip [...]
