Today all the joy has gone out of travelling. Our thoughts are what is the quickest way to travel? How fast can I get there and get back home? Everyone is in a big hurry.
Being born in 1933, I was privileged to live in those early years when cars, telephone, radio and TV were luxuries. Let me tell you about the first car we had, a 1932 Chevrolet, and those Sunday drives we had.
I remember from my early years living in Folly Mountain, there were three books in our home: The Bible, and the Simpson Sears and Eaton’s Catalogues. Mother did all her shopping by catalogue.
One minister’s wife told me that she and her husband were visiting in a home one day and it was his practice to read a scripture and pray before leaving. He asked if they had a Bible handy and a little boy said, “Yes”, and, “I know where it is.”
At this Thanksgiving Season what better time to remember all of the things we have to be thankful for. The Psalmist David said in Psalm 138: 1 (LB) “Lord, with all my heart I thank you. I will sing your praises before the armies of angels.” Some people never say, “thank you”.
Recently, I was watching Bill Anderson, from Nashville, Tennessee, host a program with a number of Nashville singers. Many of them were Christians and they sang several Gospel songs. To me, it was more like a Revival Meeting. A number of them gave their testimony of what the Lord meant to them.
Matthew 14: 19-21: “Then he told the people to sit down on the grass. And he took the five loaves and two fish, looked up toward heaven, and asked God’s blessing on the food. Breaking the loaves into pieces, he gave some of the bread and fish to each disciple, and the disciples gave them to the people. They all ate as much as they wanted, and they picked up twelve baskets of leftovers. About five thousand men had eaten from those five loaves, in addition to all the women and children!“
Acts 3: 7-8: Then Peter took the lame man by the right hand and helped him up. And as he did, the man’s feet and anklebones were healed and strengthened. He jumped up, stood on his feet, and began to walk! Then, walking, leaping, and praising God, he went into the Temple with them.