One our nation's founding fathers, Ben Franklin, had a saying that has survived through time:

"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."

The movie "All is Lost" has one of the simplest endings of any movie I have ever seen. However it is one of the most moving as well.

The New River has rocks that glitter, but I can tell you, they do not contain gold.

I spent the first ten years of my life in a very close knit community with lots of Navy folks. My best friend and school mate lived right next door.

When Diane and I still had a wood and brick house, and it was a good one, there was an antique plate that Diane hung over the back door in our kitchen. It had these words printed on it:

I am sure you know the old saying “Sticks and Stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” If only that were true. Words hurt, and sometimes they hurt a lot. They hurt me rarely now that I am an adult, but they sometimes hurt me a whole lot when I was a kid.

Have you ever fantasized about winning the lottery, or finding a buried treasure somewhere?

We have a number of folks here in the mountains that ride motorcycles. Some have trikes, some bikes, but they all have one thing in common. When they ride, they dress for it.

Back in 98 or 99 I was sub-contracted by the Navy to install a new ship-board phone system/intercom on a heavy lifter named the Buffalo Soldier. It was part of the Merchant Marine Re-supply fleet anchored in the bay of Diego Garcia. It was a long flight to get there,

The Bible says to pray without ceasing. How does one do that? The Bible puts no restraints on that order, in other words there are no circumstances that say stop praying, giving thanks and rejoicing.

If you had to describe God with only one word what would it be? Don't think about your answer long, just say the word.

I can't do it. Not exactly, one word does come to mind:

Awesome,

What is that day? Is it the end of time? Is it the day our Lord Jesus returns? If it is the last lots of people hope that day comes soon.

Have you ever been starstruck? Have you ever met somebody who left you in awe, and in my case, so much so that you were speechless?

The Lord God is my best friend. My wife is second, well she is the best human friend that I have on this earth. Do you think of God as your friend? You should, don't be one of the many that do not.

Have you ever noticed that when something takes you by surprise, your first reaction is usually the wrong one?