Category: Faith
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If You Don’t Break It … You Pay For It
Silently they moved through the night. The only sound was the brush of leather against the sand and rocks. The heat of the day had not completely left the earth and it seemed to make the journey almost comfortable against the cold of the evening. However, nothing could remove the uneasy feeling of dread that… Read more
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Finding Your Way In The Dark
It was one of those December mornings that only a man of the mountains can appreciate. The temperature was hovering around 5 below and there wasn’t the smallest sliver of a moon to be seen in the vast Montana sky. There was such stillness in the air that the shattering sound of a bull elk… Read more
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Attention on Deck
The first time I ever heard those words shouted in my ears I was instantly paralyzed from the top of my close cropped head to the bottom of my boon-docker encased toes. As those words reverberated between my ears they completed a synapse in my brain that had not been made before and two very… Read more
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Hold What You’ve Got
I remember one very rough night; one very black and stormy night off the coast of San Francisco during night carrier qualification. On this particular night we were making an instrument approach in the thunderstorm infested darkness to the USS Kitty Hawk and the waiting grading book of the LSO (Landing Safety Officer). As we… Read more
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The Incident at Railroad Creek
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
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Why Is It Always In A Storm?
Have you ever experienced the hand of the Lord in your life and been obedient to His Word only to find yourself all alone? Have you been walking with Him and suddenly realized that He was gone? Has God ever asked you to do something for Him and the moment you begin He’s nowhere to… Read more
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Turning Doubt Into Trust
How many times have we found ourselves asking that never ending, ever present, persistent and gut wrenching question; How Long? Well, we can take heart that we are not alone in asking it. One of God’s favorites was right there with us … a man after mine own heart (Acts 13:22). I think we have… Read more