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Let No One Separate

"This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one. Since they are no longer two but one, let no one separate them, for God has joined them together." Mark 10:7-9 The phrase "home improvement project" strikes a fearful chord in the members of my family. I tend to elevate the difficulty and painfulness of most projects I attempt to undertake. Normally, I call my dad for help with projects, (which may be why he screens my calls) but this time he was off the hook. The flooring was beginning to peel up at the seams and momma was not happy. So, I decided to tackle the project myself. The glue of choice? ... Liquid Nails. Amazing stuff really. Once it sticks two pieces of whatever together, there is no getting them apart without splintering, tearing, or shattering whatever has been stuck together. Thankfully, the floor seams haven't required anymore attention since their run-in with the Liquid N

Far From Over

"Then the woman knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth. He said to her, 'Daughter your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.' While Jesus was still speaking, some men came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue ruler. 'Your daughter is dead,' they said. 'Why bother the teacher anymore?' Ignoring what they said, Jesus told the synagogue ruler, 'Don't be afraid, just believe.'" Mark 5:33-36 After days of extremely slow fishing in cold and rainy weather, frustration was beginning to boil over within me. "We drove all the way to Canada, spent all this money to catch nothing!!" "I could have caught nothing in my living room watching basketball!" Yes, the whining was relentless. I was over that fishing trip to be sure. It was a complete bust. After another morning of futility, we found ourselves casting near a

Just Love Them

Last Sunday I was blessed to have an opportunity to hear Archie Manning speak just hours before his son was to play in his second Super Bowl. Mr. Manning participated in a 45 minute Q&A with fans. Several questions were asked of him about what they did in raising three boys to make them turn out to be such good guys with two of them ending up in the NFL playing the same position. The response to these questions contained some really good advice for men so here is a summary of what he said: 1. Love your kids 2. Spend quality time with them 3. Help them set priorities 4. Have meals as a family 5. Have a weekly Family Meeting Mr. Manning had some additional detail to the above, but you can see from the summary that these are some great principles that seem to have been very effective based on what we know of their three boys. In addition, they have also served them well in their marriage as they are 41 years into that

Use It... or Lose It

"His master replied, 'You wicked, lazy servant!  So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed?  Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest. Take the talent from him and give it to the one who has the ten talents.  For everyone who has will be given more, and he will have an abundance.  Whoever does not have, even what he does have will be taken from him.'"  Matthew 25:26-29   As the snow began to fall and accumulate on the driveway, I knew it wouldn't be long before I would need to find all the essentials for clearing the snow off the driveway.  This list, of course, included my son much to his chagrin.  In all fairness, he is a good sport about it.  After the snow stopped falling, we grabbed our coats, boots, gloves, and shovels and headed out to make short work of the powdery intruder.  We were well into our driveway