Category Archives: Christian Living

Here It Comes

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Doc Arnett

It may be that today’s heat index will indeed reach the projected one-hundred-and-twelve degree mark. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged endurance, heat, heat index, humidity, hydration, prayer, preparation, strength, summer | Comments Off

Rest from the Storm

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Doc Arnett

Sometimes the Lord brings us refreshing in the midst of our labors and sometimes we have to work on in the drenching sweat and sapping heat. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged heat, horse shed, refreshing, rest, roofing, shingles, storms | Comments Off

Finishing Work

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Doc Arnett

when the nature of Jesus has become our own nature, others will have greater difficulty finding the seams between what we are and what we believe. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Remodeling/Construction, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged drywall finishing, fruit of the Spirit, improvement, practice, qualities, remodeling, sheetrock | Comments Off

I sometimes struggle to release myself from my own plans and believe that he has included me in his. Beyond that struggle lies the place where peace passes understanding and where I can live the abundant life.

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Posted in Christian Living, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged calm, confidence, faith, God's care, hope, peace, reassurance, trust | Comments Off

Looking Toward Day

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Doc Arnett

Inconvenience is so much less trying than tragedy and aggravation easier to negotiate than catastrophe.
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Bargain Hunters

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Doc Arnett

I decided I didn’t want to leave this world with that much junk lying around for other people to have to deal with. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Death & Dying, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged bargain, cleaning up, cost, God's love, junk, trash, yard sale | Comments Off

Close Proximity

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Doc Arnett

It just might be that the second best place in the world to start doing good is right down the street. The best place is right next door. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged benevolence, community, mission work, volunteer, volunteerism | Comments Off

Travel Troubles

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Doc Arnett

He’d planned to spend the evening with friends, not in desperate search for a tow truck and a mechanic who might somehow consider spending his weekend rebuilding a transmission. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Family, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged adversity, helping out, rebuild transmission, relief, salvation, transmission repair, transmission trouble | Comments Off

Multi-Tasking

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Doc Arnett

With the low last night in the mid-sixties, this morning was just right for a bit of garden work in the early hours between dawn’s easy light and the cresting of the sun. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Gardening, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged blooms, communication, gardening, prayer, roses, spouse, talking to God, trimming roses | Comments Off

Still Taking Chances

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Doc Arnett

We ought, I think, embrace the risk of loving rather than choosing the safe loneliness of insulation. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Nature, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged adventure, bouldering, chances, climbing, Cumberland Falls, Cumberland River, hiking, risk taking, risks, rivers | Comments Off