Don Adkisson's Blog – October 2018 Archive (4)

     "But he welcomed any physical ordeal.  He saw how a great strife with the elements, a strain to the uttermost of his strength and his passion to fight, would save his faith, his hope, perhaps his mind."           --Zane Grey (Wanderer of the Wasteland)

     "And now the prize awaits me--the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on the day of his return.  And the prize is not just for me but for all who eagerly look forward to his appearing."  …

"We're all squatters in this world, when you look at it that way. The land belongs to the Lord; we just use it a little while."

--Elmer Kelton (The Day the Cowboys Quit)

"Yes, remember your Creator now while you are young, before the silver cord of life snaps and the golden bowl is broken. Don’t wait until the water jar is smashed at the spring and the pulley is broken at the well."

--Ecclesiastes 12:6 (NLT)

Some ponderin' on Psalm 8:1-4.

David spent so much of…

"Life could be hard to figure."

--Elmer Kelton (Other Men's Horses)

"Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God."

--Hebrews 12:2 (NKJV)

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Life may be troublesome, but the answer always lies in the Word of God, and trusting in the Lord. Even in times of uncertainty we can trust Him. There is an…

"[It was] a place I could have stayed forever. How many times I have found such campsites! Place so beautiful it gave a man the wistfuls to see or to think back on. So many times we said, 'We've got to come back some time!' an' knowin' all the while we never would."

--Louis L'Amour (Lonely on the Mountain)

"But they were looking for a better place, a heavenly homeland. That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them."

--Hebrews…