The main purpose of this HoldFast symbol was for people who worked as a deckhand. It was a sign of good luck for them, and it encouraged them to maintain a good grip especially when the weather and the sea are trying to loosen it.

Many years ago there was a song written and performed by a very popular group:

Like a bird that flees its nest is anyone who flees from his place.

I read somewhere that the average person speaks between five thousand and twenty thousand words a day.

On more than one occasion in my past as an employee or friend or even a family member, I have found myself being “accused” of being an idealist.

The Bible talks a lot about wisdom. The word wisdom appears over 200 times in any translation of the Bible. It is used 46 times in the book of Proverbs alone.

My Mom and Dad have a lot of pictures hanging on the walls of their home. They also have a lot of plates. The kind that used to be popular years ago, with pictures of tourist places and churches

The quality of mercy is not strained.
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven

People have asked me, in times past, how can you believe there is a God when there is so much evil in the world? It seems so stupid!

Have you ever looked back over your life and realized that there were things that could have happened, bad things, but did not happen because the Lord God Intervened?

The title starts this post out. I think that people have the idea that God will not tolerate, and doesn’t want to hear our complaints, or our frustrations, some of which can be wrapped in anger, about our problems in life.

If I put an apple on my driveway, if left alone it will decay. Other factors can and most likely will accelerate the process of the apple turning into something less than an apple........