The root system of a plant is its lifeline. All it’s nutrients and water come through the roots, that’s why it’s difficult for shallow rooted plants to survive. It sprouts up and looks good, then it withers when roots don’t reach deep enough to find water and food for survival. The same is true for […]

Most everything we use has an expiration date stamped on it. Food packages has a note telling us that it is best when used by a certain date. Automobiles has a limited amount of mileage before they wear out. Clothes can only stand so much wear and tear before they are no longer able to […]

A relative shared some family pictures their mother had taken throughout our lifetime. Her hobby was taking and keeping pictures of every time family got together or visited her. I have been shown pictures of me since I was a baby sitting in my aunts lap, as a teenager with hair down my back and […]

SEPTEMBER 19th…SPECIAL HELP!! IT’S AVAILABLE!! On a trip to our daughter’s house a few months ago, I was trying to figure out how to post pictures with my FB posts on my iPhone like I do with my desk top computer. I couldn’t figure it out the first day so I did my posts with […]

How many of you have children or grandchildren who love to play the video games or listen to music? How many times have you tried to speak to them when they had their ear buds in and they didn’t hear or clearly understand what you were saying? I see people walking down the street, driving […]

SEPTEMBER 17th…START NOW!! LIVE IN THE NEW!! There are a lot of people who struggle with their yesterdays. They live miserable lives today because of things that happened in the past. They allow the things they can’t forget to destroy the happiness God intends for them today. Let me encourage you to leave what God […]

We live in a ME FIRST society and it seems to getting worse each day. The saying of the day for most people is to take care of #1 first and let everything and everyone else fall where they may. We love to have the spotlight shine on us, be the center of attention, and […]

I am amazed at the strong emotions that have run through me when someone did something that hurt my feeling, damaged my ego, or lowered my self esteem. The first thing that you want to do is retaliate. You want them to feel the same hurt and belittling that you felt. It is a natural […]

SEPTEMBER 14th…HUNGRY?? WHAT ARE YOU EATING?? We watched an old country/comedy show when I was growing up called Hew Haw. In the program there was a segment where everyone asked Grandpaw “What’s for supper?” Everyone eats. I look at some of the FB posts of the meals some of my friends post and wish I […]

You can’t please all the people all the time. One of the toughest things to tolerate in life is to be criticized. Criticism hurts us deep. The truth is, no matter what we do in life or who we are, there are times people don’t agree with the way we do things or the things […]

Of all the commandments God tell us to do, forgiving others for things they have done against us is one of the hardest to fulfill. It is easier for us to tell every one we meet what someone has done to us than it is to talk to the person who hurt us or did […]

SEPTEMBER 11th…REMEMBER THE ACT!! REMEMBER GOD!! Alan Jackson wrote a song, “Where Were You When The World Stopped Turning?” Where were you when 9/11 happened?” This is a question that will be asked before this day becomes very old. What we were doing may not have been so important had it not been for the […]

If you have ever competed in any organized sport or activity, you know that it takes hard practice to perform well when the event takes place. You don’t simply walk out on the day of competition and do your thing. If you try this, you will certainly be embarrassed by your performance. You have to […]

I love to read about the Exodus of the children of Israel from Egypt. The courage and faith Moses showed is such a great example to all of us. The disregard for his own life and welfare by approaching the most powerful man in the world at the time and telling him that the slaves […]

How many times have you felt the need to tell someone about an experience you have faced in life? It may have been an experience you were not proud to have been faced with, or an experience that was very difficult for you to get through. The reason you felt like sharing your experience was […]

I watched part of an old football championship game this weekend on TV. I watched 11 men work as one. I thought of that teamwork this morning as I read my devotion. The team of eleven men functioned as one unit to move the ball up and down the field. Each person did what he […]

SEPTEMBER 6th…DON’T COMPARE!! JUST BE YOU!! Competition is something we are all familiar with. Culture teaches us to compare what we have to what other people have. Too many times, we judge ourselves by our level of financial and material success we have attained. I grew up competing with three other brothers, cousins, and neighbors […]

How many of us have been told by a physician that we were over weight? No one but you can hear your answer. Why do you think they tell us what we are already aware of? Is it because they want to hurt our feelings, point out our flaws, or make us feel bad about […]

I remember wanting a car so much when I was a teenager. I couldn’t wait until I turned 16 to go pick one out. I took care of that NEW car like it was the greatest possession I had ever owned. It was the most expensive thing I had ever owned. LOL! I washed it […]

The things we enjoy today came as a result of time and effort someone put into developing it, or fought long enough to accomplish it. Nothing in life is accomplished without effort. Most of us only do the things that are easy and that we are comfortable doing. We avoid taking on the more difficult […]

Life would be so much easier if we could get out of our problems instead of having to work through them. Most of the prayers are spent asking God for things, “I want this, God,” or “Get me out of that, God.” We spent so much of our prayer time asking God to help us […]

A young boy walked into an ice cream shop and asked the waitress, “how much is a coke float?” They are one dollar, replied the waitress in a frustrated voice. She had bigger guests to wait serve than a boy who wanted to know what a coke float cost. “How much is just the ice […]

In this communication age we live in, nothing is more frustrating than to need to get in touch with someone and them not answer the call. How many of us have experienced that in your life recently. Caller ID allows us to pick and choose which calls we answer and which we allow to go […]

When I did something that turned out bad as a child, my parents would tell me that I should have known better. How many decisions have you made that didn’t turn out like you thought they would? How many times have you decided to do things that you thought would benefit you only to find […]

One of the saddest experiences life has to deal to a person is to become an orphan. Either by desertion or tragedy, being left an orphan has to be a difficult road to travel. I am so glad there are families who open their hearts and take in many of these orphans and give them […]