Good Things

by Everett Christian, McAlester, OK

GOD SPEAKS TO US THROUGH HIS HOLY WORD
6 Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker; 7 for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care. - Psalm 95:6-7(New International Version).

GOD'S PROMISE TO US FROM HIS HOLY WORD

5 But you know that he (Jesus) appeared so that he might take away our sins. And in him is no sin. - 1 John 3:5(New International Version).

A QUOTE
The past should be a springboard, not a hammock. - Edmond Burke ->br />
THOUGHTS TO REMEMBER
If you think twice before you speak once, you will speak twice the better for it. - From Proverbs for Daily Living - Most people are willing to change, not because they see the light, but because they feel the heat. - From Don't Wait for Your Ship to Come In -

NOTES
Today has been a sunny day with a high temperature of 73 degrees and a low temperature this morning of 46 degrees. I saw Charley and Bill at noon. I went by the post office to pick up my mail. I sat outside with the cats for a few minutes before I took my nap. I took my nap with Smokey and Tony napping with me today. At 4;30 p.m. I took cat treats out for the kitties and sat with them a few minutes and read. I then went to the room that I use for an office and worked for almost an hour, paying a bill, posting expenditures to my check book, filing a little and throwing away junk papers that I don't need. I need to do a lot more work in my office but somehow I just don't have the energy anymore to get started on anything. Could it be my age? I also have to do all the house work since my dear Flonnie left me. I do have a lady come in once a week and work for about an hour cleaning the house and bathroom, changing my bed sheets, washing a few dishes and other things. She does an excellent job but keeping the house spotless like my Flonnie did is a thing of the past. Flonnie was a part of me and the dearest friend that I ever had. I may not live to see another presidential election but that will be fine with me if that is the Lord's Will. I ask the Lord almost every night to keep me well enough to take care of my cats as long as I live on this earth. Maybe that is why He is keeping me here, to take care of my cats and also to send out Scripture Verses via the Good Things. It is also very lonesome living by yourself as you who live by yourself can agree to. Some have lost a mate as I have and you don't know how that is until you experience it. But I will make it. As Johnny Cash used to sing "I am just an old chunk of coal but I'll be a diamond some day."
Since the last Good Things I have heard from Burlene, Michelle, Geneva and Alice. One of my e-mail friends that lost their vote as I did sent me something that I will leave at the end of the Good Things that perhaps will help others who lost their vote. I don't have anything against anyone who voted different than me. I love you just the same as always.
The cats are fine. Rascal was just here with me and left out. Tony just now came in for a bite of dry food and when he left Emmy came in for a bite of food. I have a little bowl of dry cat food sitting on the desk near my computer and that is where the cats head for when they come in. Life would be dull around here without my cats. ha ha
I hope everyone has a nice Friday!
I will see you next time, In Christian Love, Everett.

Here's part of something written by Peter Heck, a young man:
"So how do I feel? And how do I think Christians should feel today? I state this unequivocally: I am disappointed. Disappointed in my country. But I am not discouraged. If my sense of purpose and my sense of meaning were drawn from winning elections or gaining political power I would be. But it's not - never has been, never will be. In the heat of an election that means so much, that truth can be lost on many people. It's not that I don't care about the outcome of elections - I obviously do. It's not that I don't see them as important or critical to the survival of our civilization and way of life - I obviously do.

But as a Christian believer, my calling is something far greater. God has commanded me to be His ambassador in this crooked and depraved generation. He's called me to stand for truth even when it feels like I'm standing alone. He's called me to be a light in a dark world even when it seems the darkness overshadows and envelops me. He's called me to be righteous and faithful, and let Him handle everything else."