There is a continuity to life itself. It continues on for good or bad. There is for us a sameness in this continuity. I find it comforting and reassuring. Life is precious. It was given by God for us to do many things. Our life is to reflect God’s image on this earth. We are to know the joy and sorrow of a family. We make our way through this world sometimes by blind luck. But hopefully we follow the plan for our lives. There is so much that is in this world. A young friend of mine is on a world cruise. He is going to college for a semester on a cruise ship. This is something he always will remember. But life can be cut short. A young friend went with my son to war and died there. It was his time to go home. Even in death there is a continuity. We are born, live our lives and die. This is the full circle. But it is all about what we do in that life. I have seen people destroy their lives over nothing. I have seen people rise to great heights through persistence. The apostle Paul said the greatest thing we can do in this world is love one another. For in that love we will see and care about each other. Everything we have been given isn’t for us to keep and store away. Everything we have is about caring for one another. This is continuity in life where our lives are balanced and in sync with God Himself. God wants us to live as though we have a future in Him. Because our lives will only continue in God if we prepare ourselves for the future. I am hopeful that you will discover your plan in God and live a fruitful life. Where your life will be mostly free of pot holes. I hate the pot holes. God bless the road workers. As they try to smooth out the trouble spots in this world. If you don’t know what I am talking about, ask. Ask God for help with your life and watch what will happen. Have a Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year.
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We are 2 weeks out from Christmas. The days are busy and you think about people you haven’t thought about for a year. You dread to go to the store because it will cost you money. Unfortunately it cost some people more than a month’s income. Yes, but there is always the installment plan. So you can start again next year about this time to do the same thing over again. My wife and I don’t buy gifts for everyone. We aren’t the scrooges, but we are selective about what gift goes to what person. Since the boys are grown and out of the house, we have more money for whatever. We have divided into Christmas cards, baked goods, and actual store bought gifts. This time of year is for the family. Christmas is for your immediate family and somewhat the extended one. My family, grandparents, aunts and uncles, 1st cousins and my parents and brothers would gather at home or my aunt’s house. As we grew it got so large a gathering, we would set up several tables for the Christmas dinner. As we got older, our girlfriends came. Then it was our wives. Then it was wives and children. We were 9 boys, all 1st cousins. We played on the same football teams and basketball teams. I was the only one to run track and play tennis. Christmas has always been a very special time of year for us. Our grandparent and parents are gone now. I lost my younger brother to cancer this year. So I decided that this year I was going to do something special for my family. I have collected pictures from 4 different families groups I belong to. There are pictures from 150 years ago until now. Each family group which is about 20 will receive from me a digital picture frame. They will have pictures of our great grandparents to our children and grandchildren. So everyone will see our family history and know the continuity of life. God made the family unit to show His mercy and grace. I want them to know what God has done. As God says our children are His inheritance that He gives to us. Merry Christmas and have a blessed New Year.
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I would watch that cartoon faithfully. I would watch all the Saturday morning cartoon’s until mom made me go do my chores. I also liked the cowboy shows in the afternoon after school. It is funny that all those shows are about good versus evil. If you look at any show on TV today it is the same. But as I look at all the shows on regular TV and cable, there is only a handful that I will watch. Television is a learning tool. It can teach you anything. And it does exactly that. Do you know why the entertainment industry is struggling? It is very simple. It is not about entertaining people. It is about teaching the masses their agenda. I subscribed to a news magazine for years. It is very good and informative. Then it was sold to an outrageous marketing group. They lost most of their subscribers including me. After the magazine was purchased by another group. They made a real effort to try to get their old subscribers back. They talked to me but I wasn’t wanting to get the magazine again. The damage was done. There is a movie coming out next week. It is a sequel back from a series that I have followed since I was a kid. The film was made 2 years ago. They have been promoting this movie for a year. There is toys, souvenirs, t-shirts, and every possible thing that you can buy. Do you know why they are doing this? That movie studio is trying to make money. They want to make up for all the losses they have suffered with the other movies they made. You know what the saddest part is, they won’t give up making the stupid movies. Why does it take disaster for people to stop and turn around? It doesn’t have to be that way. Ask God and you will receive all that you need to live this life. Just ask.
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Several years ago, a popular governor was defeated in his re-election bid by an up and coming young man. The governor said of the young man and the election that he had won the people’s heart. This is part of what communicating is about reaching people’s heart. Sometimes it is very hard. But touch a heart or who you are can mean the difference between life and death. I have never claimed to know everything. That would be stupid and push many people away. I do what I do so that I can reach some people some of the time. My blogs aren’t always funny. Sometimes I discuss a very serious subject. I put humor into the mix to keep people interested. I have had comments that say I don’t go far enough with the blog. Then again I have comments that I have gone too far. I always try for the happy medium. So most people can enjoy and learn from what I have to say. I always want to be informative. When I put it down on paper I want it to make sense. Never be afraid to say what you mean. There are people who don’t want to hear the truth. I am on several social Medias. One day I wrote a piece about God. Someone who had just joined my media network began to make fun of what I had written. I could have gotten angry and responded. But that wasn’t what he needed. He objected so much because what I had said hit home. And he could hardly stand it. This is why I post blogs the way I do. Your message is your own. I write from my heart. Then when you read it, it rings true. What I have done all along has been to share with you who I am and what I believe. You may not like what I have to say, but you will always know that I will be truthful and honest. I hope I have communicated with you.
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That is Idiom not idiot. All though I sometimes feel like one when I write my blog. Idiom is using a language’s vernacular. We have a favorite expression where I live. The expression is Lache pas la patate. It literally means to hold on to the hot potato. It means don’t stop doing something even if it is hard. By now I would guess you are wondering what I am talking about? Well, a penny for my thoughts or your thoughts. This is a far cry from what I usually write. You are going to have to give me the benefit of the doubt. Just jump on the band wagon and follow along. You will see the gist of it soon. There is method to my madness and I don’t want you to miss the boat on this one. As I have said this before I am painting a picture with a proper words. As you well know that a picture is worth a 1000 words. Writing is such a piece of cake for me. It just flows out of me. I don’t want you to miss the boat. I am not stealing anyone’s thunder and you can take it all with a grain of salt. But I am writing on how to communicate with people. Ain’t that a kick in the head? With all that I am doing you would think it would cost me an arm and a leg. But my actions speak louder than words. So before you go barking up the wrong tree, stop and look and listen to what I have said. I try to use the best of both worlds. So when I write you don’t have to read it cock-eyed. So cross that bridge when you come to it and you will never be bored. In the mean time I won’t give up my day job. Oh, this is my day job. You know I heard all this through the grapevine. And I am trying to let the cat out of the bag. So you have heard it straight from the horse’s mouth on how to write with idioms. I have written the whole 9 yards. So for now, Elvis has left the building. I’ll see ya on the flipside.
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Shall I use the powerful P’s to describe the tingling sensation of properly placed words in a blog? Since I have already written an article about the P’s, I will use some new tantalizing words to describe my writing. Can’t you hear the sizzling new words hot off the griddle? I have been told and believe to this fragrant day that words are food for the soul. You can entice people to delicious meal with words. Or starve them off with same words. It is on how you present your message. They can pop with excitement or fade into a funk. I have written articles that smell so bad you would think someone passed some gas. I destroy those articles as quickly and unceremonially as I vaporized them for the good of humanity. Maybe it is time for the powerful P’s. As I ponder my prodigious predicament, I re-evaluated my writing style I came to a conclusion. I will put forth a preposterous statement of prodigious proportion. Ow, I feel good. Today is a most ponderously beautiful day. As one of my beloved sons was in college, it behooved me to tell him how he can write beautiful essay. I told him to write as you speak. The glamorization of the grammar can come after he writes the article. You can express your inner self easier that evaluating someone concocted or contrived story. When I say who are you that is the person you know best. So learning how to relate yourself to this relatively refined world will take some time. But if you apply yourself to the process, it will produce applicable results. And the results will go pop, pop and fizz, fizz. And you will be relieved with the results. Onomatopoeia.
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I don’t always know what I am going to do. I think to myself I do this or thing. What is the best way to write a blog? What if people don’t like what I write? It is like Hamlet said, “To be or not to be, that is the question. Am I going to write about myself or do I choose another topic? I have always heard people say, publish or perish. I guess it is true. If I am not out there, no one can read it. But I don’t want to put anything stupid on the page. I want to make my work make sense. I can remember as a younger man, people looking at me side-ways because I didn’t make sense. What I said or wrote was disconnected from people in the world. It may have had to do with the dyslexia I had. It took a long time to work it out in me. I know that is why I went to college and studied communication. All through life I have had many experiences that has led me to writing. I started writing in college. I took an English course on the meaning of words. We broke the word apart and saw its meaning and where it came from. Also I took a business course on letter writing. To be able to convince people to purchase anything. Learning vocabulary and how to use the words effectively was the end result. I am a word meister of as they say in the vulgar or common language. I like the 50 cent words but don’t always have room for them. I have always tried to be concise with my blog. Information doesn’t have to be wordy. Look what Lincoln did at the Gettysburg address. He say in 267 words what the orator said in 4 hours. So I think about what I am going to say. Then I write it down so it makes sense and hope that it relates to people in this world. I am not Shakespeare, but this is a soliloquy.
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It means to paint a picture with the proper words. Putting on the page words peculiar to your posting. There have been people who want to post a blog and aren’t quite sure what to do. I get comments from all the world. People are people. The only difference between me and them is here and there. I am here. They are there. I was talking to my brother about people who believe they are more special than anyone else. It is unfortunately prevalent in religious circles. And it isn’t predominately in Christianity. It is a religious spirit and is pervasive all over the world. So when you want to write a post, think about who you are and where you are going. You may be the leading expert on anything, but you don’t have to exude it. I use questions to get people positively involved in my blogs. It get them to think. Not only about the blog, but themselves. I have done my job if people project a positive attitude about the world they live in. It has nothing to do with age, race, color or creed. It has to do with you being able to think for yourself. I look at the day’s news, the time of year or what the people I know are talking about. Each proposal I put forth each day is unique to itself. So perhaps today it will be about you or maybe it is about me. When you propose a post to put forth on your blog site, take time and ponder who you are and what is going on in this preposterous world. Then laugh and write so people can laugh with you. You look at the pitiful world, you have to laugh or you will cry at their antics. So propose a post and put it properly in order with preposterous words that everyone can understand. Alliteration. The Powerful P’s.
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Tomorrow the promise of the future for us. What will happen tomorrow? Who will I become? Will I even recognize that person? Do you know that we are not even guarantied tomorrow? The only thing that God guaranties for us is now. Today is the day and now is the time for salvation. So our tomorrows are based upon the good graces of God. All the best laid plans of mice and men aren’t worth a pile of beans without God in our lives. So what are supposed to do? How are we going to live or survive this world? Man wants what he wants. The heart of man will strive to create something for himself. Even though it will not last past our lifetime. Man will continually strive to build or make for his glory. When you look at the grand scheme of it all, what man can do is no more than a joke. God didn’t design us to be alone. God’s plan is for us to be part of His plan. He designed us to accomplish His plan on this earth. The bible says that there is nothing new under the sun. What was shall be again. Why isn’t there something new? Why can’t we have original thought? God didn’t design us to be frustrated. God wanted us to live our lives in peace and harmony on this earth. He wanted us to enjoy the life His gave us. It is man because of sin, who thinks that he is god and can do anything. When Adam and Eve sinned against God, their eyes were opened and they saw that they could walk away from God. And man has been doing just that ever since. Tomorrow is guaranteed when we join with God and His plan for us. All you have to do is ask God for help. And He will answer you.
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We all look at the past as something cherished. Even if it was the most horrible time in our lives. We all compare our lives now with what we had. It isn’t fair because the past is gone and can’t be changed. No matter how good or bad it was, it will remain the past. The only thing that is real in our lives is change. It can be good for some and bad for others. But it will happen. God designed us that way for our benefit. He wanted us to have the opportunity to be able to improve our lives. Sometimes it looks like what we are doing is just useless. But there is a plan for our lives and it does unfold in our lives. Whether you can see it or not. It is funny to watch people who think that they can stop God or His plan. Yet people think that they are greater than God. They tried even to the point of death to do their thing. You have heard me talk about a death spiral. It is the last effort of someone or something to stop what they put into motion. There is only one person who can stop a death spiral. That is God Himself. God designed this world to the very detail of life. There is no one that knows what to do except God. We are the image and likeness of God. He wanted to share His life with us. Our spirit, who we are, will never die. We are eternal beings. That is where we get the idea and sometimes misguided that this flesh will live forever. This flesh that we wear will return to the earth where it came from. Our spirit will go on to be with God or not. That is the question that every person must answer in this life time. As we say, it is time to pick your choose.
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