My Favorite Time Of Morning

My mornings have been the same for 

many, 

many years.  

I get up, 

make coffee, 

grab my Bible, 

and have some quiet time with the Lord.

This is a very special time 

that I look forward to 

on a daily basis. 

I normally begin in Genesis 

and 

work my way through to Revelation. 

It might take a while 

(like a few years) 

because I only read about 1-2 chapters a day.

There are times when I 

may not 

“get” 

what the writer is saying.

But that is okay.

This is not Bible Study time.

It is morning devotions.  

This is a time 

when 

the Holy Spirit 

ministers to me 

and 

speaks to my heart.

I cannot 

imagine 

going through my day 

without 

my time with the Lord.

Do I ever miss a day?

Sure.  

Always remember that God does not condemn, 

Satan does.  

He is known as 

the 

accuser 

of the brethren.  

He is the one that 

lays 

traps and snares 

for you 

in your walk with the Lord 

to make you stumble.

Let me encourage 

those of you reading this 

that do not have that 

daily time with the Lord to do so.

Try it for a 

month 

and see how 

your walk with the Lord changes.

Those who 

do have that time 

alone with the Lord, 

let me the first 

to encourage you to 

keep at it. 

And when you do miss for what ever reason, 

don’t beat yourself up 

because you miss a day.  

Just pick up where you left off 

and 

continue on.

New Blog!

If you read this blog long enough

you will know of my love for music.

With that in mind

I decided this week

to start a new blog focusing only on music.

I will deal with new music that I buy,

movies I watch that deal with music,

events within the music world,

I think that you get the picture.

If you want to come and enjoy my new blog come and enjoy at

http://turnituplouderthanthat.blogspot.com/

What about this blog?

It will continue.

Only I will not be making as many posts about music.

Even though

I am sure the subject will come but not as much.

I will leave a lot of it to my new blog.

Hope to see you there.

Miles Gets Repaired

Since I left you hanging from my last post I will now finish the story.

Our truck (Miles) had to go to the shop.

But we also had to get around.

Otherwise we would have been stranded and unable to go anywhere.

So we decided to rent a a car.

Our rent car was a 2012 Fiat.

I did not even know that Fiats were still around.

We discovered that they have returned to the U.S.

We asked for a small car and this is what Avis gave us.

There was not a whole lot of room, but we managed.

Then one day we got the call that Miles was repaired.

We headed up to Prescott to pick him up.

That is Miles on the right waiting patiently for us.

He now runs well and it was good to get him back on the road.

The Big Yellow Truck

There is nothing like a big yellow truck.

They are hard to miss

. . . especially when they are coming to see YOU!

About two weeks ago Miles broke down.

Miles is our 2001 Dodge Ram 2500 (V-10) pickup truck.

He is like family to us and it is very hard to tow our rv without him.

We had Miles towed to a mechanic in Prescott that we are familiar with to diagnose the problem and repair him.

We were in Congress AZ at the time (about 56 miles south of Prescott).

The big yellow truck came and took Miles away.

Goodbye Miles.

Go get well.

There Is Nothing Like Free Music

Recently a friend of mine was getting rid of some of his music.

I just happened to be at the right place at the right time.

He turned to me and said those magic words:

"Why don't you go through the cds and see if there is anything that you want."

You don't have to tell me twice!

So I dived in.

Here are the ones that I grabbed.

Paul Clark

Awakening From The Western Dream

Seed Records 1989

Crumbacher

Thunder Beach

Frontline Records 1989
Crumbacher-Duke

Worlds Away

Frontline Records 1990
Duane Clark

Fill My Life

Firstfruits Records 1998
Dominic Bali

Public Announcement

2008
Bob Somma & John Campbell

Techni Colours

Maranatha! Music 1991
The Chapel Band

Live & Well

1994
The Maranatha! Praise Band

Praise Band 7

Rock Of Ages

Maranatha! Music 1997

So remember.

If you ever have some music that you want to get rid of

just call your local neighborhood music collector.

They will be on their way to your house

to take that unwanted music off of your hands.

And of course, we really do appreciate it!

Sunset In California

Sorry for the long stretch of time between posts!

We have been on the road

and at times

I have been without an internet connection.

(Yes, even in this amazing time of everyone being connected

I have actually been unconnected a lot.

Hard to believe!)

We spent half of December and January in California.

For part of that time we were camped

in our friends backyard in Lancaster, CA.

One evening we were sitting in our rv

when I saw these amazing colours

refecting off of the outside walls.

It was then that I realized that I was missing an amazing sunset.

We hurried out and saw some of the most beautiful colours in the sky.

It was truly an incredible sunset.

The heavens declare the glory of God;

And the firmament shows His handiwork (Ps. 19:1).

Happy Birthday Mom

Today is a very special day.

Today would have been my mom's 95th birthday.

Yes.

You read that right.

95 years old.

My sister and I were born to my parents somewhat late in life.

That did not mean that we were "mistakes" or were not loved by our parents.

It just means that they were older than our friends parents.

And that was not a problem.

My mother had many characteristics and attributes that were strong examples to me.

My mom had a very strong love for the Lord.

She loved the Lord with all of her heart, mind, body and soul (cf. Mark 12:30).

On November 25, 1986 my mother passed away.

I had gone to pick up some things from her home as we were preparing for Thanksgiving.

I had knocked and knocked on her front door with no answer.

I knew that something was wrong.

I used my key and went inside.

I found her on the floor where she had died the night before.

My mother had many physical problems and everyone of them are gone.

She no longer has any pain or discomfort.

And most of all she is with the One that she loved and lived her life for.

I know that even though my mother is

absent from the body she is present with the Lord (2 Cor. 5:8).