WWI Veterans
A town in Maryland was planning a 2005 Memorial Day tribute to veterans. The plan called for actors to stand in for actual veterans of long ago wars, including World …
Read MoreTag: brevity of life
Poem- My Hands Were Busy
MY HANDS WERE BUSY My hands were busy through the day. I didn’t have much time to play The little games you asked to do, I didn’t have much time …
Read More Living a Long Time
The oldest person in modern times was Jeanne Louise Calment of France who died in 1997 at the age of 122 years. She took up fencing at 85 years old, …
Read More Can’t Go Back Home
I’m very fortunate in that, even though I’m in my 40’s, my parents are both still living in the house where I grew up in Walkertown, North Carolina. Whenever I …
Read More Life is Short
Some people like to disagree with the Bible. It’s fashionable today in many circles to ridicule Biblical truth that is out the mainstream of Western thought. Subjects like evolution vs. …
Read More Donald Trump Quote
Donald Trump and I really don’t have much in common. Besides the vast difference in our incomes, we also have widely differing definitions of success and formulas for achieving success. …
Read More Taxi Meters
There have been very few times I’ve ever taken a taxi. That’s because whenever I’m in a big city I always notice the rate charts they post on the vehicle …
Read More And he Died
Genesis 5 is the first of several chapters in Scripture devoted to genealogy. It gives us a list of the descendants of Adam down through Noah. We’re told for example …
Read More Businessman and Fisherman
A retired businessman met a fisherman returning from the sea early one morning and asked, “Why don’t you stay out longer and catch more fish? He replied, “I have enough …
Read More Four Seasons of Life
FOUR SEASONS Someone made the observation that just as there are four seasons of the year, so there are four seasons of life. First, we are children to our parents. …
Read More How Old are You
How old are you? Do you remember when you used to think people your age were “old?” Someone said, “You know you are getting older when policemen look like little …
Read More Flurry on the Way to the Grave
Someone said, “Life was a flurry that occurred on the way to the grave.” That little one liner gives a good summary of the way many people live their lives …
Read More Blood Type Not Renewed
Maybe you heard about the man who was so old his doctor informed him that his blood type would no longer be renewed. Lots of us get surprises as we …
Read More Losing Your Marbles
If you live long enough you will eventually lose all your marbles. Here’s how. The Bible, in Psalm 90 speaks of a full life as being 70 to 80 years, …
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