Author: Thomas

  • What Do You Want From Me?

    Thomas

    That expression has been used by all of us at one time or another and I suspect many more times than one. But have you ever asked that question of God? I mean asked it with the same emotion that you used with others? I certainly have to raise my hand and admit that I… Read more

  • It All Comes Out In The End

    Thomas

    The curtain slowly opened and the scene was a room that was lit by the glow of a small lamp on the table. The door opened silently and a dark figure slipped into the room. Like a cat it quickly moved to the table. The only thing on the table was a pack of cigarettes… Read more

  • Slippery When Wet

    Thomas

    I remember as a kid sliding down that steep ditch on a piece of cardboard down by the old abandoned farmhouse.  It was a long bike ride that included trying to carry a large cardboard box that seemed to be trying to take wing as you sped down cemetery hill.  But once on that great… Read more

  • The Incident at Railroad Creek

    Thomas

    I remember that afternoon just as if it were yesterday.  It was a hot summer day and I was sitting on a limb that was hanging out over the creek that ran by the railroad tracks at the edge of town.  There was a small eddy underneath that limb and I had my eye on… Read more

  • The Delivery Man Cometh

    Thomas

    There was a knock on the door and I got slowly got up out of my easy  chair, certainly not expecting anyone this time of night.  As I opened the door I was greeted with the biggest smile and largest box I have ever seen.  The man standing in front of me was dressed more… Read more

  • And The Autumn Moon Is Bright

    Thomas

    I sat there as the wind began to pick up and whistle around the corner of the house. The full moon kept diving behind the clouds, stealing the last of bit hope for an easy trip. The more I thought about it the more uneasy I became; to the point of distracting me from the… Read more

  • Breaking The Chains

    Thomas

    It takes a long time to load a ship with cargo. It just doesn’t get put down in the hold in one gigantic swing of the loading crane.  Load after load is slowly and carefully let down and secured in place with chains to keep it from getting torn loose and reeking havoc when the… Read more

  • The Stone(s)

    Thomas

    The small rocks beneath his sandals made the going treacherous as he slowly descended into the valley. The sides of the cliff were steep as they reached down into the valley floor.  The valley itself, he could see, was actually a valley within a valley and the brook that ran through it had cut deeply… Read more

  • The Lazarus Effect

    Thomas

    There you stand… with God’s call on your life, or His direction, or His promise of a miracle. Just as the manifestation begins to emerge. Just as it begins to look like God’s power is moving in your life… BAM! Here come the religious… here come the doubters… here come the evil doers. Just to… Read more

  • When God Changes Our Job Assignment

    Thomas

    When we are born again, when the Holy Spirit brings us into the family of God we begin the greatest adventure of all times. We may only be a child age-wise or we may be a full-grown adult with children of our own; nevertheless God has a plan and a purpose for our life that begins… Read more