Actually I understand the life you live. Until we came to Tampa to pastor, we actually pastored in a small town (not quite as small as yours but we had 4,000 in our town and it was so small they wouldn’t deliver mail to our house, we had to go to the post office everyday.) Seriously. Anyway, we pastored there for 8 years. Good times. Actually sounds like a place I was researching on the internet the other day to retire. We have at least 25 years minimum until retirement, but I had a really bad day the other day…and was so depressed. I know I am not going to quit the ministry no matter how hard it gets at times…but sometimes when I get discouraged I do think about retirement although we’re not anywhere near it, it somehow helps me cope in really low moments. LOL I found a little house out in the middle of the country the other day for the whopping price of $20,000. I fell in love with it, copied and pasted a photo of it off of a real estate site and put it on my computer and now when I get a little depressed I just stare at it and fantasize. We’re having a better week this week so I haven’t looked at my little house in a while now. But it’s still there when I need to go back to it.

I’m not in the country anymore, but I do have snakes, unfortunately. Last night we had a mtg. at our house with some leaders and when I was saying goodbye to them in the driveway, one of them pointed out, “hey, there’s a snake on your walkway!” I had my son come out and get rid of it. Snakes are a definite reality here in FL. Sometimes I see them on my patio, other times I see a few at our monthly denominational ministers meeting. LOL Ahhhh….I couldn’t resist.

It’s hard for me not to hit DQ often – one of my kids works there. I lost 40 lbs. on weight watchers a few years ago and have kept it off and try to stay in check as much as possible but sometimes the Cheesequake Blizzard is too much of a temptation…

Blessings to you fishon, and friends…

Don’t have to be concerned about drive-by shotings–gangs–or keeping our doors locked. Well, I do keep my .357 mag. beside the bed—-oh, that will get some of-um going. I just keep it in cause a rattler slips in the unlocked door.

There are Elk, Antelope, deer, badgers, and looks of fish all around me. I can see Mt. Hood, Mt. Adams, Mt. Rainer, and when St. Helens burps, I can see the plum. And to think, all of what I see around me just happened because a little speck of something from who knows where plunged into a slimmy pole a billion or so years ago. Go figure!

I am still trying to figure out how there became male and female of the species, from out of that slimmy bugger that crawled out of the yuk pool? Isn’t it amazing!!!!

I love being here. I am just a small town guy for a small town church. God sure knew what He was doing when He sent my wife and I to this place.

Hey, did you hit the DQ again? Wife and I hit the back roads this evening [we don't have sunday evening church], and I got pictures of 3 very big mule deer bucks. I use to hunt them, but not any more. I just love to look at them.

Well, I need to hit the hay. My go fishing — if I decide to fight the snakes off.
fishon

I’m interested in ALL of the aspects of God’s character and His attributes…certainly love at the top of the list …thanks for the tip…I’ll be sure to check it out. I always love a book recommendation.

Be blessed, my friend…