Category Archives: Spiritual Contemplation

Beyond Doctrine

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Doc Arnett

It’s hard to get used to something you always avoid and actually returning good for evil is something most of us avoid. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Family, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged death, drunk drivers, forgiveness, kindness, loving your enemies, mercy, vengeance | Comments Off

Emancipation Proclamation

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Doc Arnett

I remember thinking in my much younger years that the Carpenter’s teaching on forgiveness was just one more example of how he required more of us than was humanly reasonable. Forgiving someone seventy times? In a day? Yeah, right.

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Posted in Christian Living, Family, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged abundant life, blessings, deliverance, forgiveness, freedom, joy, mercy, vengeance | Comments Off

Winning the Trifecta

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Doc Arnett

It was twenty-two years ago today that we began to make our way through this world together. The odds, some would say, so stacked against us that there was no way we would last more than a year or two … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Family, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged determination, divorce, lasting relationships, remarriage, secrets of happy marriage, wedding anniversary | Comments Off

Morning, Oblivious

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Doc Arnett

Black cows graze

in the dim light,

oblivious to fog and bluffs,
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Posted in Christian Living, Farming, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged calm, cattle grazing, fog, morning coffee, nature, reflection, summer morning | Comments Off

Taking a Stand

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Doc Arnett

I had thought it was a completely rational idea to have the horses keep the grass “mowed” on the state right-of-way. It would save gas, give the horses extra grazing they needed and, in the long run, save me time. So I put up a temporary extension fence down by the highway. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Farming, Gardening, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged fencing, grazing, highway, horse fence, Johnson Grass, mowing, pasture, repentance, state right of way | Comments Off

Storm Surge

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Doc Arnett

The storm that came through the area just over a week ago laid down some destruction over at Maryville, Missouri. Straight-line winds and hail blew down trees and blew out windows, ripped up some roofs and left streets and lawns strewn with limbs and leaves. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged downed powerlines, downed trees, faith, flooding, rooting, straight line winds, uprooted trees | Comments Off

August Morning

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Doc Arnett

Such dews as this

seem to come only in the heat of summer,
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Posted in Christian Living, Farming, Nature, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged blessing of work, forgiveness, forgiving, heavy dew, love, prayer, summer dew, summer morning, work | Comments Off

Bad Seed

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Doc Arnett

There are things that we all do in the closed circle of siblings or spouse or children that we keep hidden from the world. At least, we hope that they remain hidden. This curtain of secrecy is a part of the intimacy of family. It is always natural and often desirable. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Family, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged bad seed, family secrets, intimacy, obedience, obeying Jesus, privacy, reaping what you sow, reputation | Comments Off

Conquering the Enemy

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Doc Arnett

The new drain for the new kitchen sink had slowed up considerably of late. Water no longer ran out after a load of dishes was done; it seeped. In addition to the speed issue, there was some concern about proper dispersion. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Humor, Remodeling/Construction, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged clearing clogged drain, clogged drain, drain cleaner, kitchen sink, problem solving, PVC pipe | Comments Off

Summer Evening

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Doc Arnett

And in these long years since then, that moment when I rose up from the waters, pure and cleansed, every sin purged from God’s great memory, there has not been another moment even remotely like that one. Everything that I was, could be and am becoming, exploded and compressed within me in the same pulse. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged baptism, conversion, dragonflies, joy, redemption, salvation, special moments, summer evening, union with God | Comments Off

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