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On Wednesday night of last week, our granddaughter, Sabria, wanted to spend the night, which meant I had to take her to school the next morning (she just started kindergarten).  I called her mom, Natalie, to see where I was supposed to drop Sabria off the next morning.  Natalie said she knew where to pick her up, but she was unsure if that was the same place to drop her off, because she hadn’t yet dropped Sabria off at school, since she rode the bus each morning.

In James 4:13-15, James asks the question, “For what is your life?” He answers by comparing life to a vapor or a mist that “appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.” Our lives are like that, aren’t they? They are brief at their longest. It seems we are only on this earth for a moment and then are bound for eternity. Thus, James’ question is a good one to ask ourselves. “What is your life?” Let the Bible answer.

 DYING TO LIVE- Years ago, right around the time when I was first diagnosed with cancer, there was a song that came out which for me personally, brought loads of comfort. It was almost as if someone was following me around and taking notes, then decided to put my story to music. The song is called – live like you were dying. The song speaks of a man being in his early 40's with a lot of life before him when a single moment came that changed everything. Boy can I identify with that situation; the moment when mortality gives you a real wake-up call.

Calloway County, Kentucky, as of the 2010 census, the population was 37,191.  Its county seat is Murray.  The county was founded in November 1822 and named for Colonel Richard Calloway, one of the founders of Boonesboro.  Calloway County comprises the Murray, Kentucky Metropolitan statistical area.   Calloway County was created in 1822 from land taken from Hickman County. The courthouse was built in 1823. A fire at the courthouse in 1906 caused the almost complete destruction of the county records.  Calloway County was named after Richard Calloway.  According to the U.S.

As I’ve mentioned before, my daughters and I have taken advantage of the warm weather to improve our health. It’s common for any one of them to text the rest of us a motivational picture and/or a positive quote. These messages encourage us to continue working to reach our health goals. Pinterest is a great source of information for this purpose.

"Aggie has hair that goes off and on,” my granddaughter, Sabria, tells me this as I’m changing clothes in her great-grandmother’s guest room.  “Want to see?” She takes me by the hand and leads me to the closet in the other room.  I never knew Aggie had a wig.  Kids uncover all the best secrets.

Our title is found in Luke 18:13. In this text, we read a parable the Lord spoke to those who “trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised others” (Lk. 18:9). This parable was about a Pharisee and publican (tax collector) who went to the Temple to pray to God (Lk. 18:10-13). The Pharisee spoke to God as if bragging about how great he was, but the publican merely said, “God be merciful to me a sinner.” Christ said that the publican was the one who was justified rather than the Pharisee (Lk. 18:14).

PLEASE HOLD:  I would venture a guess that at least 95% of us whom are old enough to interact with others on a business level of some kind, which involves a telephone conversation, has heard the phrase, “Please hold” on more than a few occasions. Now, if you are lucky enough to actually be already talking to a human being, then you probably said, “sure” when they asked if you could hold while they looked up some pertinent or relevant information.

The word “Just” is used 80 times in the Bible. The word “Justice” is used only 29 times in the Bible.  To me it doesn’t take rocket science to understand that Bible deems “Just”, to outweigh the word “Justice”.

When the Kentucky County was divided by Virginia into 3 counties in 1780 what is now Bullitt County was a part of Jefferson County. In 1785 Nelson County was created out of Jefferson County. It lay south of the Salt River and included part of today's Bullitt County.
In 1792, Shelby County was created out of Jefferson County. In that same year, Hardin and Washington counties were created out of Nelson County.