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Reluctant Retiree

Thoughts on life and faith after unexpected life changes at an advanced age

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Under Construction

Our hometown is having a Fire and Ice Festival today. As a major part of the festival, ice carver artists are making ice statues on downtown streets. We went and watched part of these festivities. The artists use all sorts of tools to chip or cut away sections of ice to create their statues. TheyContinue reading “Under Construction”

Posted byJim GleasonJanuary 5, 2024Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Under Construction

We Are But Clay

Posted byJim GleasonJanuary 5, 2024Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on We Are But Clay

Keep On Going Forward

Keep going! You won’t win the race unless you finish the race. If you don’t periodically save your computer files, you may lose them and have to start all over again. If we don’t charge our phones as needed, then we may not be able to use them when we want. Personally, I have manyContinue reading “Keep On Going Forward”

Posted byJim GleasonJanuary 4, 2024Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Keep On Going Forward

Persevering Through Prayer

Posted byJim GleasonJanuary 4, 2024Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Persevering Through Prayer

Keep On Rejoicing!

The presents are opened and celebrated. The wrapping is thrown away. Maybe the decorations are taken down and stored for another year. Family members have returned home. Some have returned to work or school. The glory of Christmas is fading. Now what? Philippians 4:4-5 says, “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice.Continue reading “Keep On Rejoicing!”

Posted byJim GleasonJanuary 3, 2024Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Keep On Rejoicing!

Rejoice!

Posted byJim GleasonJanuary 3, 2024Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Rejoice!

Lacking In Nothing

We know the benefits of hard work and persevering through trials in may areas of life. Muscles are built through the struggle of exercise and resistance. Job skills are learned through training and trial and error. Trade skills are obtained through dedication to working through designs and application. James 1:2-4 says, “Count it all joy,Continue reading “Lacking In Nothing”

Posted byJim GleasonJanuary 2, 2024Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Lacking In Nothing

Various Trials

Posted byJim GleasonJanuary 2, 2024January 2, 2024Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Various Trials

An Audience of One

Are you the type of person that people respond to your presence with unbounded joy. Frankly, I am not one of these people and I really don’t know anyone who is. People do not cheer when I enter the room, like they used to when Norm entered the bar on the TV program, “Cheers”. IContinue reading “An Audience of One”

Posted byJim GleasonJanuary 1, 2024January 1, 2024Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on An Audience of One

He Delights In Me

Posted byJim GleasonJanuary 1, 2024Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on He Delights In Me

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