Studies, Stories, and Songs

  The world counts reaching their lofty goals, As an ultimate, final conclusion. But each and every time a goal is reached, It often fades, like a fleeting an illusion, For the earthly things we have accrued, And goals we strive to archive, Many times leave us only emptiness, With no joy, no love, and no peace. Jesus said, wherever your heart is, Your treasure will be also there. So, when earth's riches, take wings and depart,  What is left, is but an aching despair. Then lay up for yourselves those riches, Which cannot be taken from you. Treasures way up in Glory above, Of things which you can never lose. For those things that our mortal eyes cannot see, Revealed only in the spiritual realm. Eternal life, Jesus Christ alone gives,  When we put our complete trust, in Him. Salvation by faith, God's amazing grace! By Christ's wounderous atonement for sin! Jesus died on the cross, then he arose the third day,  To atone for every last one of them! So set your affections, not on

Creaking springs of screen door hinges. The spring's  stretches  sets off it's singing And with the impact of the old door's closing. The hook latch rattles against it's catches, In just a second or two though, it finally settles down. Moms hollering, “You Kids! Get in or stay out!” Us heading “out”, with a whoop and then a shout! The crackling of an old AM radio, To the lightning flashes of a distant storm. Listening to a baseball game. While fiddling the turning dial, all around, Trying to catch, a little more of the game, As the thunder storm rolled on, and then it came The signal fading out, then wafting back stronger. And me hoping to catch the entire 9th inning, If the storm would hold off just a little longer, Ice cream freezer's, the old fashioned kind, With no annoying sounds, of an electric motor's whine. Parents talking across the neighbor's back fence, Us hearing, “Why don't y'all come on over then? Happy children playing a-way on down th