Just some early morning thoughts from me to you…
“Watch what God does, and then you do it, like children who learn proper behavior from their parents. Mostly what God does is love you. Keep company with Him and learn a life of love.
Observe how Christ loved us. His love was not cautious but extravagant. He didn’t love in order to get something from us but to give everything of himself to us. Love like that.”
Ephesians 5:1-2 (The Message)
Dick Enberg, legendary and respected sportscaster, said it well:
“His greatness was only exceeded by his goodness.” (more…)
Just some early morning thoughts from me to you…
“One Father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.” An Old English Proverb
“You’re something, kid.”
The words spewed forth in a choking torrent of tears. (more…)
Just some early morning thoughts from me to you…
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”
Hebrews 12: 1-2 (NIV)
It would be the toughest baseball game of the year for them. Everything they had worked and hoped for was within their grasp. (more…)
Just some early morning thoughts from me to you…
“I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in His word I do hope. My soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning—yes, more than those who watch for the morning.”
Psalm 130: 5, 6 (NKJV)
“Safe!”
The call and signal by American League first-base umpire Jim Joyce was emphatic and immediate.
And wrong. (more…)
Just some early morning thoughts from me to you…
“O beautiful for heroes proved in liberating strife, who more than self their country loved, and mercy more than life! America! America! May God thy gold refine, till all success be nobleness, and every gain divine.”
The air was humid and still as I posted the flag in its holder at our home this morning. The tears were running down my cheeks, mixed with a confluence of thoughts as this Memorial Day morning began. A day, and a weekend, where our Nation stops to remember those who gave more—so much more than mere thanks could ever repay.
I remember to this day how angry he was (more…)
