A dear friend whose family came from the Far East observed that “Americans worry a lot.” Do you agree? Do you worry a lot? When I thought about my friend’s observation I concluded she was probably right. I also concluded that during those times I worried a lot too much worrying didn’t do me much…
Tag: Webb Hubbell
You Can Run, But Sure Can’t Hide
There are many versions of the song and phrase “You Can Run, But You Cannot Hide.” My favorite is by the group, “Canned Heat.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhmwwDoMHnU. You may remember the group from the movie Woodstock singing “Going Up the Country” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6smtAY8dXSI. However you remember the phrase, it is dead on when it comes to our emotions. When we…
Trouble
Man is born to trouble. — Job 5:7a And call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me. — Psalm 50:15 Every now and then my grandmother would say, “Child, you ain’t nothing but trouble today.” Whatever one’s age, trouble seems to seek us out, and at times it seems you…
Bounty
Grandma Danny’s Thanksgiving Alphabet: B — Bounty which can never be withdrawn. 1 Cor. 3:21-23. 1 Cor. 3:21-23 — Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are your’s; …. An interesting choice of passages by Danny to describe the Bounty that can never be withdrawn. Boy, do I wish we could have had such…
Ephemerel
One of the many benefits of writing a daily meditation is that friends send you material. My friend Rob sent me a motherlode recently, including the following quote from John Beevers: True mystics are always much more practical than the ordinary run of people. They seek reality; we too often are satisfied with the ephemeral. They want…