Ten years ago I learned how to dress a horrible wound that was a result of Jerry’s left leg amputation. The wound left from Jerry’s surgery three weeks ago is somewhat different, but both would be described as an open hole. These kinds of wounds have to be treated and...
What Matters?
Two days ago, Jerry set a record as we celebrated his eighty-first birthday. He has lived longer than any of the Rogers in his family. His brother died at the age of eighty, and all his dad’s brothers died in their seventies. During this time, we are preparing for...
The Spirit of Contentment
As we begin this chapter we want to remember the three main things that pertain to contentment. 1. Divine Contentment is supernatural, possible only for God’s people. 2. It is the result of a relationship between God and His children. 3. He teaches us how He works...
GOD Is Our Goal ~ GOD’S Plan for His People
(Fourth in the series Little Books About the Magnitude of God) Our new book is available from Amazon. How do you wrap up fourteen summers of study with your grandchildren? The diagram we used to summarize our years together is still on the blackboards (two stacked on...
Contentment in Jesus Christ
Posting at 6:24; awake since 3:34 with thoughts of all the things that are on my two plates for the week, in addition to the ordinary work that we have to do: *doctors’ appointments, *last minute details for publishing our next book, GOD Is Our Goal ~ GOD'S Plan for...
Contentment With GOD Our FATHER
As I sit in contemplation, praying how to start this post, the reminder comes that everything we as children of the Kingdom do, starts with GOD. This is a reminder that my thoughts, my words, my actions all play off of this truth that only our heavenly Father can...
The Image of Contentment
Let’s remember the main points from this series on Contentment. Divine Contentment is supernatural, possible only for God’s people. It is the result of a relationship between God our heavenly Father and His children. He will teach us and show us what He is doing in...
Secret Councils
Yesterday, Jerry was sitting on the screened back porch, listening to Rush Limbaugh’s comments about the Presidential Inauguration. I sat with him a few minutes. Mr. Limbaugh stated that there is a bureaucracy that operates in Washington. Seemingly there are those who...
The Essence of Contentment
The essence of contentment is distilled from the presence of the Father in His own children. It is a seventh sense that comes from the new birth. The birth of God’s Spirit within us springs up to eternal life with a new heart and a new spirit directing our course of...
