grace

No matter where we go,

or who we meet..

there is the possibility for grace..

as is the possibility for no grace.

without grace we are monsters,

fallen angels of self love and conniving purpose..

but with grace we are little Jesus' caring for one another..

whether to the stranger or the enemy..

grace doesn't rejoice over an enemy when he dies..

though it loves justice..

it is a mystery

humility is the first fruit of grace..

Even Horses know this..

wkm

Nashville

Old Man River

William Faulkner called the Mississippi River "The Old Man"..

He wrote about the 1927 flood in a story with the same title..

The characters dealt with the upheaval of their lives and land..

The river was a slow moving meandering nightmare..

The Old Man is flowing once again into places he hasn't been in a long time.

Many folks will lose everything, slowly, eerily..

Fertile farm land will be ruined for years..

unusable..

thousands of acres of cotton and soybean gone..

Homes destroyed..

keep these people in your prayers,

they have a long hard road in front of them.

wkm

Nashville

The Bird of Paradise

"May the bird of paradise fly up your nose.."

I remember this song from when I was a kid,

Little Jimmy Dickens sang it..

basically,

it was about a guy oblivious to a homeless fellow,

a laundry mat manager,

and a taxi driver,

anyway, you have to listen to it..

but it was and is a very creative tune..

humorous,

and a heck of a lot deeper than you would think..

wkm

Nashville

Another Voice

I don't believe all these voices..

people on tv and radio full of fear and dread..

saying stuff about America going down the tubes,

Americans are a lot tougher than those folks realize..

People hate this guy and that guy..

democrats hate republicans

republicans hate democrats...

"Osama's not really dead!!"

"Show us the pictures!!"

The world is ending in a couple of weeks....

"Global warming!!"

"Buy gold!!"

You know what?

There is another voice in the midst of all this b.s...

there is a Shepherd's strong but kind voice..

He knows His own,

and His own know Him..

He says,

"Come to me all who are weary and heavy burdened,

I will give you rest."

wkm

Nashville

Hitching Post

If gas prices keep going up,

horses might make a come back..

Hitching posts in front of Kroger..

Water troughs in front of the bank..

It would be alright with me..

 

wkm

Oxford

Peace

The ability to do the right thing is ours
To do good in the midst of temptation is ours
There is a line in a song by U2 I really like..
"I must be an acrobat,
to talk like this and act like that."
"The very thing I hate I do"..St. Paul
All through the history of man,
we battle within our own skin
It's the battle that will not end,
this battle within..
this must have something to do with why Jesus talked so much about peace..
about His peace that He offers that the world can't give..
Lord knows,
this is what we're all looking for..

wkm
Nashville

Honeysuckle

If God allows me another dog in this life,

I think I will call him Harry..

it seems like a good name for a dog.

"Harry"..

Had to have new heels put on my ropers,

I am bow legged and wear out the outside of my heels quickly..

from years of riding horses I guess..

I've only had these boots for a little over a month..

the cobbler put metal taps over the heel so they would not wear out..

now, I sound like a two legged shod horse walking down the sidewalk..

,, it takes some getting used to..

as we walked this past weekend in Oxford,

the smell of Honeysuckle overtook us..

I wonder if Bin Laden ever felt any guilt for killing so many folks..

wkm

Nashville