Don Adkisson's Blog (126)

     “One could not yield to the lawless and the ruthless, or soon there would be no freedom. It was among men as it was among nations.”

                    --Louis L'Amour  (The Mountain Valley War)



       "Plant your feet firmly therefore within the freedom that Christ has won for us, and do not let yourselves be caught again in the shackles of slavery."

                    --Galatians 5:1…

       “What a man knows isn't important. It's what he is that counts.”

                    --Jack Schaefer  (Shane)



       "Yet I am confident I will see the Lord’s goodness while I am here in the land of the living."

                    --Psalm 27:13 (NLT)

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There are many things that I do not understand and the older I get it seems as if there are more of them.  I…

       “You can learn much from observing the world about us. But, most people travel too quickly and don't take the time.”

                    --Cliff Hudgins  (Viejo and the Locoweeds)



       "For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay."

                    --Habakkuk 2:3…

       “The human race is a fickle thing.”

       “The fruits—I'll read 'flowers'--of the Spirit are love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, self-control, and some of these grow only in the canyon.”

                    --Ralph Connor  (The Sky Pilot)



       "Instead, rejoice as you share Christ’s suffering. You share his suffering now so that you may also have overwhelming joy when his glory…

       “I take very seriously the preference of men with many scars.”

                    --John Deacon  (A Man Called Justice)



       "He heals the brokenhearted And binds up their wounds."

                    --Psalm 147: 3 (NKJV)

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     I was reading the other day and within the material was the idea of "scars."  It reminded me of one of my best friends growing up who had scars on the side of his face.  One day I asked him, "Tommy, how did you…

       “God loves to restore hope in our lives, heal our emotional wounds and give us peace, even during the toughest times.”

       “Man can get so hung up and uptight over the fineries and niceties of life that they forget that it is most often the simple things that truly satisfy.”

                    --D.C. Adkisson  (Redemption)



       "The law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the [whole] person; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple."

      “More than one way to skin a skunk, but all ways is odoriferous.”

      “There are always those who are willing to earn what they get and those who work, being too lazy or immoral to honestly build their own lives.”

      “There's no enemy quite as bitter as a friend who's turned against you.”

      “The past is a memory, the future is a dream and we only live in the moment. It is how we live in the moment that matters.... It [the future] is determined by the will of God and the choices we make.”

      “We often value the wrong things. We can spend our lives working to surround ourselves with things that don't matter. We can sacrifice the things that do matter, to gain those things that don't.”

                    --Dan Arnold  (Bear Creek)



       "For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified."

      “A man gets to thinking and fears about tomorrow and most of the time that's all it amounted to—fear.”

      “Christmas is not in tinsel and lights and outward show. The secret lies in an inner glow. It's lighting a fire inside the heart. Good will and joy a vital part. It's higher thought and a greater plan. It's a glorious dream in the soul of man.”

                    --Wilfred A. Peterson



       "For in Him the whole fullness of Deity (the Godhead) continues to dwell in bodily form [giving complete expression of the divine…

       “The mountains, with their aspens and pines framed by snowcapped peaks, had been like a balm to his soul.”

A quotation that is a favorite of mine, and often comes to my…

       “Work helps me put my troubles aside.”

       “He always seemed two baths short of Saturday.”

                    --Cliff Hudgins  (The Weathervane Ranch)



       "How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!"

     “But to think and brood and grieve would be fatal. Let him watch and listen. Nothing in that wilderness was trivial.”

                    --Zane Grey  (Stranger From the Tonto)



       "Give ear and hear my voice, listen and hear my speech."

                    --Isaiah 28:23 (NKJV)

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Are we hearing?  Are we to the point where we are unable to hear?  For many, the ears have grown…