Spider Web – Beautiful But Temporary
I saw this one in the garden today and had to post it. It’s one of the big garden spiders (don’t know the real name.) The intricacy of the web is beautiful, and amazing that God taught the spider to...
View ArticleGas for Thirty Two Cents a Gallon – But, Jesus Paid it All
These aren’t nostalgia examples, they’re from earlier this afternoon. I really did fill up my truck for less than 5 dollars. Been a long time since I did that (actually, I don’t think I had a truck...
View ArticleChoosing Your Reference Point in Life
The engineering project is in the middle of nowhere, several miles from a crossroads called Cedar Springs, Georgia. The industrial plant sits on the Georgia side of the Chattahoochee River, which is...
View ArticleNew Every Morning- Spider, or Surprise, or Hurricane Lilies
Here’s one group of this year’s Spider Lilies. (Also known as Surprise Lilies or Hurricane Lilies). You can see where the Spider comes from. I read some on the Surprise name – one thought is that they...
View ArticleThe Windmill and The Holy Spirit
The windmill was my choice for my 40th wedding anniversary present. Thanks to Sharon for agreeing it would be appropriate. In case you’re wondering, even though she will enjoy this too, she got...
View ArticleThe One Another’s in the Bible Tell Us What to Do
One of the daily devotionals on John MacArthur’s website (www.gty.org) mentioned the “one anothers”. They did sound like good things to do today. Edify one another (Rom. 14:19). “Serve one another”...
View ArticleWe Sinners Sometimes Need an Electric Fence to Keep Us In.
My cousin began shimmying, shook his shotgun in the air, and let out a yelp that sounded like a turkey gobble. We were walking through a section of tall grass and I was afraid a snake had bitten him....
View ArticleFog on the Blog
Sharon took some neat fog pictures around the house and we thought we should put the fog on the blog. Those are cotton modules in the just harvested cotton field across the road. As you see, they are...
View ArticlePeach Tree Pruning and Cat Composting
I had to prune the peach tree a week ago. We had a few days of cold weather but several warm days had it ready to bloom. I realize that may do it for this next season but it was too out of hand to let...
View ArticleOld Doctortown and God’s Old Paths
This railroad bridge and Old Doctortown are isolated in the back reaches of land owned by the Rayonier Paper Mill outside Jesup, Georgia. The Altamaha River that the bridge crosses is one of the...
View ArticleWinter – Time to Flex our Faith Muscles
Here’s a lifeless orchard of pecan trees a few miles from our house. You can tell it’s lifeless because there are no outward appearances of life. There are a few husks from the nuts that are still on...
View ArticleLike the Wind Spinning Windmills, The Holy Spirit Keeps Working
With the brisk winds lately, it’s been pleasant to look in the backyard and see the Holy Spirit working. Actually, not exactly that. But, it has been pleasant to pass a window, look toward the garden...
View ArticleGod Will Give Us a Push When We Need It
My cousin, Lewis, kept yelling, “Push! Push!” He was in the driver’s seat, hollering back at me, as I strained to push his 56 Chevy down the small hill on the sandy road beside my house. With a dead...
View ArticleThe Old Paths of God
I worked on an engineering project at the Georgia State Prison near Reidsville, GA, last week, and took a few minutes at lunch to find Inman Creek Church. The church, two rut road, and the surrounding...
View ArticleThe Blessings We Can Miss
Digital cameras have made field engineering easier these days. I work as an electrical power engineer and a few years ago had to make detailed notes in the field so I could remember what equipment and...
View ArticleWinter is Ending – Just Like God Promised – 1
These speak for themselves with the beauty among the remnants of winter. While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease. Genesis 8:22
View ArticleWinter is Ending – Just Like God Promised – 2
Blackbirds just passing through, heading back north. It was still freezing last night but only a few hours. We’ve hit 70′s and a few 80′s already. While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold...
View ArticleWinter is Ending – Just Like God Promised – 3
The Forsythia is getting started. Still about half and half, but Spring will eventually win out. While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall...
View ArticleWinter is Ending – Just Like God Promised – 4
I’m assuming these are a sight for winter in this field. Since our neighbor put in a pivot irrigation system a couple of years ago, I imagine he plans to move the cows somewhere else and plant...
View ArticleWinter is Ending – Just Like God Promised – 5
The garden and peach tree are in a slumber for now. The hardy weeds are coming up well by the tree though. You can’t see it, but the peach tree is budding out a bit after the earlier severe pruning....
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