Devotionals from Dad

Love to hear from and know who is listening Have you ever wondered what Jesus really looked like. I can't help myself, I have thought about this. Nearly every man made image you may see of Jesus Christ portrays him as a Caucasian man of medium height, with a full beard and brown eyes, at least this is the way Leonardo da Vinci painting portraying Jesus and his disciples sharing the Lords supp...

Love to hear from and know who is listening The Christian music group, Mercy Me, has a song titled “My younger me.” The lyrics of the song start by saying: “ Dear younger me. Where do I start. If I could tell you everything that I have learned so far, then you could be one step ahead of all the painful memories still running thru my head. I wonder how much different things would be? Dear younger m...

Love to hear from and know who is listening In our camper we have an over zealous smoke alarm. Any time I cook anything it starts blaring at us. In the tiny space of our camper the alarm is ear piercing! Even though I know the alarm is coming it still manages to catch me off guard and it just grates on my nerves. In order to shut it up I turn on the exhaust fan in the bathroom. I open windows and...

Love to hear from and know who is listening What exactly is Love anyway? If you listen the lyrics of popular music and you define “Love” by what you hear in Pop and Rock songs you may be in trouble! For example there is a song that says, What the world needs now is love sweet love. The rock band Foreigner sings, I want know what love is. There is an older song that is kind weird that says. Yummy,...

Love to hear from and know who is listening Most of the fairy tales I heard as a child followed a similar pattern, there was a hero, a victim who needed saved from the villain and the happily ever after ending. The fairy tale of Snow White and the 7 dwarfs is a perfect example of this story. In the beginning Snow White and her 7 little friends lived and idealistic life without a care in the world....

Love to hear from and know who is listening Football fans are some of the loudest and proudest people on the planet! When they go to their favorite teams game they dress in the team colors, they paint their faces to match the team colors and logo, sometimes they wear elaborate costumes in support of their favorite teams. They scream as loud as they possibly can in support of their team. There is a...

Love to hear from and know who is listening Have you ever started a new year and wondered what the year would have in store for you? With all the uncertainties in the world today just about anything could happen. In a world filled with war and rumors of war, financial inflation, political turmoil, sickness and pandemic, your guess is as good as anyone's, what the new year may hold in store! S...

Love to hear from and know who is listening If you watch any news at all you can quickly become depressed. There is almost never any good news. Stories that make the headlines include mass shootings, children being abused, peoples homes burning and wars between nations where innocent civilians are shot and homes are destroyed. Even here in our small rural community, life can be hard! Most of us st...

Love to hear from and know who is listening The end of the world fascinates millions. Some fear the end of the world, while others are cheering it on. Block buster movies have been made about the end of the world as we know it. Movies, like “Avengers Endgame,” feature the world on the brink of destruction, while others, like “Captain Marvel,” portray it in the midst of conflict between forces of g...

Love to hear from and know who is listening I often hear people ask this question, “If God is so loving, why does he allow children to get cancer?” Or maybe they say, why would God allow a child to be physically or sexually abused. And the truth is, I don’t know! I had two sons die. One was still born and the other lived for only 3 months. That was over 30 years ago and though I can see God's...

Love to hear from and know who is listening Have you ever felt like you were drowning in a sea full of distraction and anxiety, from all the day to day tasks you must get done. When you experience an overwhelming moment, it can feel all consuming. It can cause intense emotions, that at the time may feel like they are to challenging for you to over come. I don't often feel this way often but w...

Love to hear from and know who is listening What does a real man look like? What physical attributes do manly men have? I am not at all a fan of professional football player, Tom Brady, but you have to admit he is a pretty physically flawless man. He is tall and muscular, without an ounce of fat. He has perfect teeth, perfect skin and neatly trimmed dark hair, but what does a real man look like? A...

Love to hear from and know who is listening Every life has a beginning and an end, the day we’re born and the day we die. We enter this world weak and helpless, but each of us is born with tremendous potential. Our parents likely watched us and wondered: “What will our baby do with his or her life? What kind of person will he or she become?” And, by the time life ends, most of us have thought long...

Love to hear from and know who is listening Let’s face it, gifts are usually the reason we get excited about Christmas. The Liberty Mutual insurance company has a commercial around Christmas that just cracks me up. It begins by showing a young boy opening a gift, his mother asks him what he got. He responds, “It is customized home insurance from Liberty Mutual.” His father replies, “What does it d...

Love to hear from and know who is listening Do you feel like you are constantly being tempted? If so don't worry that is not necessarily a bad thing. If you are not being tempted on a regular basis that means the Devil isn't worried about the influence you are having on the world around you. The Devil doesn't tempt those who are not having an impact on the lost around them, however...

Love to hear from and know who is listening There are very few things in life I enjoy more than going camping with my wife, my children and my grandchildren. I make reservations months in advance. I spend many hours packing my camper and planning my weekends. When at the campsite I spend hours over the campfire cooking meals for my loved ones and even more hours in the evening relaxing around the...

Love to hear from and know who is listening I am not certain about the rest of you, but I frequently have these bright ideas that I am confident God will be proud of. It is “My way or the highway” so you can either go with me or get out of my way. I charge head first into my projects,... then when things don't seem to be going quite as smoothly as I thought they should I ask God to join me! O...

Love to hear from and know who is listening Have you ever been in a large building that has those maps on the walls that have a listing of offices in the building and their locations with a big brightly colored star with an arrow pointing to it and the words, “You are Here?” I don't know about you, but for this country boy without those directions I would never find my destination. I have ano...

Love to hear from and know who is listening People have different ideas about heaven. Many have no understanding of heaven at all, they think of heaven as a "better place" where we all go when we die. Most people don’t give heaven much thought at all until they attend the funeral or a loved one. It is popular to refer to heaven as the place where "the good people go." And of co...

Love to hear from and know who is listening It is not how you run the race that matters it is how you finish. Several years ago I was running the “Turkey Trot” a 3 mile race in my hometown. I was in my early 50's and was more physically fit than I had ever been. At the beginning of the race I surveyed the other runners and I thought to myself. I knew most of these people and I am pretty confi...

Love to hear from and know who is listening Fall is one of my favorite seasons. I love being able to turn the A/C off, open up the windows and let the fresh air in. There is so much beauty and color in the fall. It is always easy to know when the fall season is coming. The daylight hours get shorter. The temperatures get cooler. The leaves begin to change colors and the geese began flying south fo...

Love to hear from and know who is listening According to the “The Sleep Foundation,” almost half of all Americans say that they feel tired during the day at least 3 days a week and up to as much as 7 days a week. 35% of Americans say that they get less than seven hours sleep per night. Believe it or not women suffer from some sort of insomnia or sleep deprivation as much as 40% more frequently tha...

Love to hear from and know who is listening When I was a teen boy one of my favorite bands was “38 Special.” They had a hit called, “Hold on Loosely.” The first verse and chorus of the song go like this. You see it all around you, Good lovin' gone bad, And usually it's too late when you, realize what you had. And my mind goes back to a girl I left some years ago (Who told me), Just hold...

Love to hear from and know who is listening If you were to ask my wife I am sure she would tell you that I am as stubborn as a donkey. Once I get an idea in my head I charge full speed ahead. I rarely ask for advice, because I am convinced I know exactly what I am doing, at least until I prove myself wrong. I start my projects early in the morning and sometimes I skip meals because I can't st...

Love to hear from and know who is listening I raised 3 girls so when my daughters were younger there was never any lack of drama in my household. My youngest daughter Sara seemed the most likely to come to me with some situation that seemed to be the end of the world, at least to her, and usually it involved a boy! To any of you that have had daughters I am sure this comes as no surprise to you. I...