Shortgrass
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This is a comment by Bob M on last weeks Good Sunday Mornin':
("I have never had a car accident but I have had many horse accidents and tipped over two tractors without very much damage to me but the closest call I ever had was when I was visiting a family when in my youth.
After a picnic all the kids my age decided to go swimming in a dam on La Creek. The rest were all talented swimmers. I could duck paddle a few feet but didn't ever want to get far from shore. The rest were out quite a ways in deep water. I was wading up to my waste and then swam a short distance and planned to stand up and rest, When I stood up I went under. I came to the top but didn't have the ability to go far and, again, stood up to go under. I managed to come to the top once more and thought I was a goner so that time I stood up I held my hands in the air in case someone might see where I was. That time I was in waste deep water again! I evidently had gotten into the old creek bed and God stirred me in the right direction!
I have often thought how great and wonderful a life I'd have missed if I had gone down once more! I have thought many times that God must have had some kind of a purpose for keeping me around these many years. I Undoubtedly have disappointed him more than once!
Add me to your list, Short Grass, as one who appreciates your weekly messages! Bob M")
I would say add me as one who appreciates you and your comments. Ever hear the saying "couldn't see the forest for the trees?" Sometimes we need to back up and see a bigger picture than the obvious. Bob, you would have missed a great and wonderful life. Think of how much the rest of the world would have missed. Soapweed, offspring and siblings would have missed life too. And how much would many, many lives missed because of you and yours not touching our lives? Our lives involve so much more than just enjoying our own. I believe we should do that, but also that we should make a conscious effort to help and encourage others along the way at every opportunity. My children have done things that have disappointed me, but I would never feel disappointed in my children; I am actually quite pleased with them. Likewise, Bob, I am confident that God Is quite pleased in His adopted son, that being yourself. I am sure glad that He has given you a life that has touched mine. That is your purpose, as well as mine. Thanks for bringing that up, and have a good Sunday mornin'!
("I have never had a car accident but I have had many horse accidents and tipped over two tractors without very much damage to me but the closest call I ever had was when I was visiting a family when in my youth.
After a picnic all the kids my age decided to go swimming in a dam on La Creek. The rest were all talented swimmers. I could duck paddle a few feet but didn't ever want to get far from shore. The rest were out quite a ways in deep water. I was wading up to my waste and then swam a short distance and planned to stand up and rest, When I stood up I went under. I came to the top but didn't have the ability to go far and, again, stood up to go under. I managed to come to the top once more and thought I was a goner so that time I stood up I held my hands in the air in case someone might see where I was. That time I was in waste deep water again! I evidently had gotten into the old creek bed and God stirred me in the right direction!
I have often thought how great and wonderful a life I'd have missed if I had gone down once more! I have thought many times that God must have had some kind of a purpose for keeping me around these many years. I Undoubtedly have disappointed him more than once!
Add me to your list, Short Grass, as one who appreciates your weekly messages! Bob M")
I would say add me as one who appreciates you and your comments. Ever hear the saying "couldn't see the forest for the trees?" Sometimes we need to back up and see a bigger picture than the obvious. Bob, you would have missed a great and wonderful life. Think of how much the rest of the world would have missed. Soapweed, offspring and siblings would have missed life too. And how much would many, many lives missed because of you and yours not touching our lives? Our lives involve so much more than just enjoying our own. I believe we should do that, but also that we should make a conscious effort to help and encourage others along the way at every opportunity. My children have done things that have disappointed me, but I would never feel disappointed in my children; I am actually quite pleased with them. Likewise, Bob, I am confident that God Is quite pleased in His adopted son, that being yourself. I am sure glad that He has given you a life that has touched mine. That is your purpose, as well as mine. Thanks for bringing that up, and have a good Sunday mornin'!
