In the early 50’s, before I even became a Christian, there were things in my life that took place; several of which I look back on that probably was the Lord reaching out and prepping me to respond in a very positive fashion to His calling me to Himself. It was not dramatic, but itContinue reading “ARE YOU THE ONE?”
Author Archives: ETCetera
MAPPING OUR COURSE
We left Sun City with every intention of returning about a month later. We had in mind the basic route we would cover. In fact, we did a print out of a map to give clear indication of our various destinations. Things went well until… Have you ever used a map and discovered later thatContinue reading “MAPPING OUR COURSE”
SHEPHERD OF GRACE
Copyright by Ted Cowen In tenderness the Shepherd sought This sheep that’d gone astray He followed in loves pursuit Knowing I had lost my way Quietly he whispered Child, let’s head on to My home I’ll forgive your sin, and save your soul Thru My GRACE I will make you whole. I listened to thatContinue reading “SHEPHERD OF GRACE”
MORE REPAIRS
Almost twenty ago I entered the hospital with “chest pains”. Eleven days later, because of multiplied complications, I came home. The old “ticker” had problems because the arteries around it were “clogged”. There was need for a quadruple bypass. Such problems, or their solutions, are quite common these days. Joining the “zipper club” is noContinue reading “MORE REPAIRS”
CLOSER HOME
Copyright Ted Cowen I woke this morning, just before the dawn The body felt better than did the previous morn And so, preparing for the day that plainly lay ahead I spoke with Jesus; He is the Living Bread. After going through the normal preparations I checked the headlines for sensations Things had not changedContinue reading “CLOSER HOME”
MAGNETIC FORCE
The man watched my frustration for a few moments and then disappeared. I had dropped a screw in the rocks and could not find it, thus causing the frustration. (For those of you unfamiliar with it, we replace grass with decorative rock most of the time in Arizona.) As I continued my search, he suddenlyContinue reading “MAGNETIC FORCE”
MR. KILLDEER
As I made the turn on the light, I was attracted to a few birds that I had never seen before. I tried to keep my attention on driving as well as observing them sufficiently to be able to study them later. The black and white made me chuckle as I envisioned their readiness forContinue reading “MR. KILLDEER”
MAKING MELODY
With my wife’s background in music it was assumed by most people that our children would all play the piano. Each has their own song that they love to play and that is the extent of the piano. They all have expressed that they probably felt that they would never measure up to her abilityContinue reading “MAKING MELODY”
MUSSELS
As our family sat around the table, I recall, even though we were quite young, my father saying: “I would love to have a mussel pie.” It stayed in my mind. Before long, we were in our rowboat roaming the bay fairly near our home when we “chanced” upon some mussels. Remember, there was suchContinue reading “MUSSELS”
MOON IN MIRRORS
It was early in the morning and I was heading down Grand Avenue. Checking traffic as usual I glanced at my rear-view mirrors. The full moon of the night before was continuing to hover above the horizon. Immediately my mind fell in gear to the reality that I was looking at a reflection of aContinue reading “MOON IN MIRRORS”
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